WASHINGTON, April 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for March 2021:
The March 2021 estimate is 14,200,000 barrels, a decrease of 2.3% compared to March 2020 removals of 14,533,000.
As a reminder, the Beer Institute will update each month of 2020 as the TTB releases new 2021 monthly beer reports.
| Domestic Tax Paid - TTB | ||||
| (31 Gallon Barrels) | ||||
| Month | 2020 | 2021 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,423,000 | 12,725,000 | 2.4% | 302,000 |
| February | 11,325,000 | 11,625,000 | 2.6% | 300,000 |
| March | 14,533,000 | 14,200,000 | -2.3% | -333,000 |
| YTD | 38,281,000 | 38,550,000 | 0.7% | 269,000 |
| Domestic Tax Paid - TTB | ||||
| (31 Gallon Barrels) | ||||
| Month | 2019 | 2020 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,433,513 | 12,423,000 | -0.1% | -10,513 |
| February | 11,430,829 | 11,325,000 | -0.9% | -105,829 |
| March | 14,512,347 | 14,533,000 | 0.1% | 20,653 |
| April | 14,233,050 | 13,437,000 | -5.6% | -796,050 |
| May | 15,224,619 | 13,774,000 | -9.5% | -1,450,619 |
| June | 15,878,059 | 16,216,000 | 2.1% | 337,941 |
| July | 14,885,484 | 15,385,000 | 3.4% | 499,516 |
| August | 14,369,816 | 15,045,000 | 4.7% | 675,184 |
| September | 14,851,541 | 15,603,000 | 5.1% | 751,459 |
| October | 13,200,028 | 13,521,000 | 2.4% | 320,972 |
| November | 12,420,525 | 12,640,000 | 1.8% | 219,475 |
| December | 13,914,576 | 14,474,000 | 4.0% | 559,424 |
| YTD | 167,354,387 | 168,376,000 | 0.6% | 1,021,613 |
The April 2021 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on May 26, 2021.
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