(Washington, DC) – Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for March 2018:

The March 2018 estimate is 14,570,000 barrels, a decrease of 3.1% versus March 2017 removals of 15,040,000. Please note that the estimates reflect revised estimates released by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).

 

Month	2017	2018	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	12,893,449	12,167,000	-5.6%	-726,449
February	11,602,000	11,202,000	-3.4%	-400,000
March	15,040,000	14,570,000	-3.1%	-470,000
YTD	39,535,449	37,939,000	-4.0%	-1,596,449

 

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