This week the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for October 2021. The October 2021 estimate is 13,900,000 barrels (bbls), an increase of 2.8 percent compared to October 2020 removals of 13,521,000 bbls. The November 2021 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on December 22, 2021, and we’ll keep you updated.
Domestic Tax Paid – TTB
| Month | 2020 | 2021 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,457,030 | 13,115,000 | 5.3% | 657,970 |
| February | 11,403,438 | 11,781,000 | 3.3% | 377,562 |
| March | 14,642,562 | 14,772,000 | 0.9% | 129,438 |
| April | 13,482,522 | 14,557,000 | 8.0% | 1,074,478 |
| May | 13,850,735 | 14,926,000 | 7.8% | 1,075,265 |
| June | 16,380,679 | 16,393,000 | 0.1% | 12,321 |
| July | 15,494,042 | 14,473,000 | -6.6% | -1,021,042 |
| August | 15,105,484 | 14,228,000 | -5.8% | -877,484 |
| September | 15,603,000 | 14,800,000 | -5.1% | -803,000 |
| October | 13,521,000 | 13,900,000 | 2.8% | 379,000 |
| YTD | 141,940,492 | 142,945,000 | 0.7% | 1,004,508 |
