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Unofficial national brewer withdraws indicate an increase of 4.2% in September 2011 to 15.5 mln barrels, Beer Institute reports.
Year to date shipments (January – September) totaled 137.409 mln barrels which is 1.9% less compared to same month last year.
Domestic taxable withdraws (also known as Tax Paid Removals) measure the amount of beer shipped from domestic brewers to distributors within the U.S. market.
Total imports of malt beverages from all countries for the month of August 2011 decreased 16.1% to 2.26 mln compared to the same month last year.
Total commercial exports of malt beverages to all countries for the month of August were 247,927 barrels an increase of 17.4% from the same month last year. This figure does not include shipments to military posts overseas or shipments to Puerto Rico and other US territories.
28 October, 2011
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