WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for December 2018:
The December 2018 estimate is 12,737,000 barrels, an increase of 2.2% vs. December 2017 removals of 12,459,000. Please note that the estimates reflect revised estimates released by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) prior to the shutdown.
| Month | 2017 | 2018 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,892,534 | 12,167,000 | -5.6% | -725,534 |
| February | 11,607,408 | 11,202,000 | -3.5% | -405,408 |
| March | 15,078,591 | 14,570,000 | -3.4% | -508,591 |
| April | 14,052,326 | 14,201,000 | 1.1% | 148,674 |
| May | 16,312,653 | 15,269,000 | -6.4% | -1,043,653 |
| June | 17,029,014 | 16,327,000 | -4.1% | -702,014 |
| July | 14,439,000 | 15,323,000 | 6.1% | 884,000 |
| August | 15,347,000 | 15,368,000 | 0.1% | 21,000 |
| September | 14,425,000 | 14,046,000 | -2.6% | -379,000 |
| October | 13,969,000 | 13,564,000 | -2.9% | -405,000 |
| November | 12,552,000 | 11,795,000 | -6.0% | -757,000 |
| December | 12,459,000 | 12,737,000 | 2.2% | 278,000 |
| YTD | 170,163,526 | 166,569,000 | -2.1% | -3,594,526 |
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