Beer Institute releases January 2022 domestic tax paid estimate

This week, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for January 2022: The January 2022 estimate is 12,300,000 barrels or bbls, a decrease of 6.2 percent compared to January 2021 removals of 13,115,000 bbls. The February 2022 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on March 30, 2022. First, let’s recap last year…

Domestic Tax Paid – TTB

(31 Gallon Barrels)

Month	2020	2021	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	12,457,030	13,115,000	5.3%	657,970
February	11,403,438	11,781,000	3.3%	377,562
March	14,642,562	14,772,000	0.9%	129,438
April	13,482,522	14,557,000	8.0%	1,074,478
May	13,850,735	14,926,000	7.8%	1,075,265
June	16,380,679	16,393,000	0.1%	12,321
July	15,494,042	14,473,000	-6.6%	-1,021,042
August	15,105,484	14,228,000	-5.8%	-877,484
September	15,812,199	14,407,000	-8.9%	-1,405,199
October	13,645,000	13,602,000	-0.3%	-43,000
November	12,640,000	13,000,000	2.8%	360,000
December	14,474,000	13,900,000	-4.0%	-574,000
YTD	169,387,691	169,154,000	-0.1%	-233,691

Now, here’s 2022.

Month	2021	2022	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	13,115,000	12,300,000	-6.2%	-815,000
YTD	13,115,000	12,300,000	-6.2%	-815,000