WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for January 2020:
The January 2020 estimate is 12,325,000 barrels, a decrease of 0.6% vs. January 2019 removals of 12,398,000. Below are revised estimates for November 2018 and November 2019 based on TTB Statistical Report – Beer.
| Month | 2018 | 2019 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,132,174 | 12,398,000 | 2.2% | 265,826 |
| February | 11,268,874 | 11,198,000 | -0.6% | -70,874 |
| March | 14,664,428 | 14,370,000 | -2.0% | -294,428 |
| April | 14,126,669 | 14,200,000 | 0.5% | 73,331 |
| May | 15,268,002 | 15,176,000 | -0.6% | -92,002 |
| June | 16,510,927 | 15,671,000 | -5.1% | -839,927 |
| July | 15,158,829 | 14,820,000 | -2.2% | -338,829 |
| August | 15,299,920 | 14,324,000 | -6.4% | -975,920 |
| September | 14,225,827 | 14,636,000 | 2.9% | 410,173 |
| October | 13,453,272 | 13,168,000 | -2.1% | -285,272 |
| November | 11,848,415 | 12,396,000 | 4.6% | 547,585 |
| December | 12,940,324 | 13,550,000 | 4.7% | 609,676 |
| YTD | 166,897,661 | 165,907,000 | -0.6% | -990,661 |
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