The Beer Institute represents the whole of the $223 billion American beer industry (an industry that includes more than 2,500 breweries and 1.8 million jobs). The Beer Institute’s members include everyone from America’s largest brewers to some of the country’s smallest craft brands. The organization is a great source of statistics, and in late February, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers.
The January 2013 domestic tax paid estimate is 13,500,000 barrels (bbls). January 2012 removals were 13,340,000 (revised) for an increase of +1.2 percent.
Please note the following monthly revisions from previous releases for 2011 and 2012:
Month 2011 2012 Percent Change Volume Change
January 12,722,140 13,340,000 4.9% 617,860
February 12,764,023 13,716,000 7.5% 951,977
March 16,406,747 15,564,000 -5.1% -842,747
April 14,856,650 14,950,000 0.6% 93,350
May 16,136,290 16,919,000 4.9% 782,710
June 17,716,053 16,960,000 -4.3% -756,053
July 15,273,448 16,430,000 7.6% 1,156,552
August 16,258,921 16,560,000 1.9% 301,079
September 15,601,996 14,750,000 -5.5% -851,996
October 13,653,325 14,300,000 4.7% 646,675
November 13,231,161 13,414,000 1.4% 182,839
December 13,315,000 13,150,000 -1.2% -165,000
YTD 177,935,754 180,053,000 1.2% 2,117,246
