The Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers:
The May 2013 domestic tax paid estimate is 16,300,000 barrels (bbls). May 2012 removals were 16,919,000 bbls (revised) for a decrease of 3.7 percent.
Please note the following monthly revisions from previous releases for 2012 and 2013:
| Month | 2012 | 2013 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 13,341,173 | 13,700,000 | 2.7% | 358,827 |
| February | 13,750,782 | 12,900,000 | -6.2% | -850,782 |
| March | 15,650,416 | 14,792,000 | -5.5% | -858,416 |
| April | 14,950,000 | 15,000,000 | 0.3% | 50,000 |
| May | 16,919,000 | 16,300,000 | -3.7% | -619,000 |
| YTD | 74,611,371 | 72,692,000 | -2.6% | -1,919,371 |
The Beer Institute is the trade association representing all brewers and beer importers, as well as industry suppliers.
BI is the trade group regarded as representing the larger brewers…says overall sales are down this year:… http://t.co/NBAkcbr0Yi
RT @CraftBrewingBiz: Beer Institute: Projected beer sales down year over year. Check out the YTD numbers. http://t.co/4bIxbCmgrp