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Unofficial national brewer withdraws indicate a decrease of 0.8% in November 2011 to 13.2 mln barrels, Beer Institute reports.
Year to date shipments (January – November) totalled 164.539 mln barrels which is 1.7% less compared to the 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 November 2011 increased 13.9% to 2.01 mln compared to the same month last year.
Total commercial exports of malt beverages to all countries for the month of November were 321,121 barrels an increase of 27.7% 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.
20 January, 2012
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