Beer Institute releases July 2023 domestic tax paid estimate

Last week, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for July 2023: The July 2023 estimate is 12,800,000 barrels, a decrease of 8.4 percent compared to July 2022 removals of 13,968,083 bbls. The August 2023 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on October 10, 2023. We’ll keep you updated. Now, drum roll, please.

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	13,562,901	12,811,000	-5.5%	-751,901
May	14,450,839	12,681,000	-12.2%	-1,769,839
June	16,334,962	14,745,000	-9.7%	-1,589,962
July	13,968,083	12,800,000	-8.4%	-1,168,083
YTD	96,143,387	89,600,792	-6.8%	-6,542,595