Beer Institute releases December 2022 domestic tax paid estimate

Last week, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for December 2022: The December 2022 estimate is 11,900,000 barrels (bbls), a decrease of 14.1 percent compared to December 2021 removals of 13,848,277 bbls. Final estimates for the 2022 calendar year for domestic tax paid shipments are 161,586,015 lbs, down 4.6 percent from 2021. The January 2023 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on March 3. We’ll keep you updated.

Domestic Tax Paid – TTB
(31 Gallon Barrels)

Month	2021	2022	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	13,156,930	11,606,664	-11.8%	-1,550,266
February	11,814,320	10,847,178	-8.2%	-967,142
March	15,044,789	15,253,488	1.4%	208,699
April	14,575,988	13,539,770	-7.1%	-1,036,218
May	14,953,923	14,415,915	-3.6%	-538,008
June	16,540,652	16,136,000	-2.4%	-404,652
July	14,502,392	13,968,000	-3.7%	-534,392
August	14,254,197	14,969,000	5.0%	714,803
September	14,525,748	14,257,000	-1.9%	-268,748
October	13,628,436	12,693,000	-6.9%	-935,436
November	12,502,568	12,000,000	-4.0%	-502,568
December	13,848,277	11,900,000	-14.1%	-1,948,277
YTD	169,348,220	161,586,015	-4.6%	-7,762,205