Beer Institute releases April 2023 domestic tax paid estimate

Last week, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for April 2023: The April 2023 estimate is 13,000,000 barrels or bbls, a decrease of 4 percent compared to April 2022 removals of 13,539,770. The May 2023 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on July 7, 2023, and we’ll keep you updated. Now, to the numbers…

Domestic Tax Paid — TTB

(31 Gallon Barrels)

Month	2022	2023	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	11,603,285	11,160,146	-3.8%	-443,139
February	10,864,950	10,973,990	1.0%	109,040
March	15,358,367	14,429,656	-6.0%	-928,711
April	13,539,770	13,000,000	-4.0%	-539,770
YTD	51,366,371	49,563,792	-3.5%	-1,802,580