Alcohol released for consumption - May 2009
(UK Customs clearances) Please read the tables below in conjunction with the notes.
May 2009
May 2009
% Change on May 2008
Total
May 2008 to May 2009
% Change on 12 months previously
Still Wine in hectolitres (i.e. 100litres)
Still wine under 15%alc
900,447
-18.4%
11,839,643
-6.4%
Sparkling Wine
48,814
-15.6%
717,135
-14.9%
wine over 15%alc
12,680
-65.8%
265,869
-22.2%
Total Wine
961,940
-19.7%
12,822,646
-7.3%
Made Wine in hectolitres (i.e. 100litres)
Made wine 1.2% to 5.5%alc
48,333
-18.3%
591,860
-14.1%
Made Wine 5.5 to 15%alcstill
18,390
-37.2%
383,412
6.9%
Made wine 5.5 to 15%alc sparkling
154
-53.7%
3,492
-63.5%
Total Made Wine
66,877
-24.6%
978,764
-7.5%
Spirits in hectolitres of alcohol (at 100%alc)
Home produced whisky
15,094
-38.2%
275,855
-5.2%
Spirit based RTDs
2,006
-63.2%
37,278
-21.5%
imported and other spirits
46,137
-36.4%
809,315
-3.4%
Total Spirits
63,237
-38.3%
1,122,448
-4.6%
The tables show the quantities of wines and spirits taken out of bond and released for home consumption in the UK. Cross-channel shopping and smuggling are therefore not covered. The latest month is shown together with the percentage difference against the same month of the previous year. In addition, the annual total is compared with that a year earlier to give a more stable measure of change.
For wine, quantities are in Hectolitres (Hl); 1 Hl is 100 litres, where a case of standard bottles is 9 litres. For spirits quantities are shown in hectolitres of pure alcohol (LPA). A case of standard spirit bottles (70 cl) at 40% vol. Will contain 3.36 litres of pure alcohol
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