Beer Institute releases February 2021 domestic tax paid estimate, updates 2020 estimates

Yesterday, the trade org called the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for February 2021. The February 2021 estimate is 11,625,000 bbls, an increase of 2.6 percent compared to February 2020 removals of 11,325,000 bbls. The Beer Institute will continue to revise its 2020 estimates as the TTB continues to update its data. Here we go…

Domestic Tax Paid — TTB
(31 Gallon Barrels)

Month	2019	2020	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	12,433,513	12,423,000	-0.1%	-10,513
February	11,430,829	11,325,000	-0.9%	-105,829
March	14,512,347	14,533,000	0.1%	20,653
April	14,233,050	13,437,000	-5.6%	-796,050
May	15,224,619	13,774,000	-9.5%	-1,450,619
June	15,878,059	16,216,000	2.1%	337,941
July	14,885,484	15,385,000	3.4%	499,516
August	14,369,816	15,045,000	4.7%	675,184
September	14,851,541	15,603,000	5.1%	751,459
October	13,200,028	13,521,000	2.4%	320,972
November	12,421,000	12,640,000	1.8%	219,000
December	13,825,000	13,800,000	-0.2%	-25,000
YTD	167,265,286	167,702,000	0.3%	436,714
Domestic Tax Paid – TTB
(31 Gallon Barrels)
Month	2020	2021	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	12,423,000	12,725,000	2.4%	302,000
February	11,325,000	11,625,000	2.6%	300,000
YTD	23,748,000	24,350,000	2.5%	602,000