Alcohol released for consumption – November 2008
(UK Customs clearances) Please read the tables below in conjunction with the notes.
November 2008
Nov 2008
% Change on Nov 2007
Total
Nov 2007 to Nov 2008
% Change on 12 months previously
Still Wine in hectolitres (i.e. 100litres)
Still wine under 15%alc
1,439,161
8.6%
12,390,208
-1.7%
Sparkling Wine
110,842
-13.5%
771,373
-7.5%
wine over 15%alc
59,551
6.4%
330,390
7.9%
Total Wine
1,609,554
6.6%
13,491,971
-1.8%
Made Wine in hectolitres (i.e. 100litres)
Made wine 1.2% to 5.5%alc
99,681
8.8%
618,217
-14.5%
Made Wine 5.5 to 15%alcstill
56,098
33.2%
381,601
14.4%
Made wine 5.5 to 15%alc sparkling
191
-59.1%
7,275
39.8%
Total Made Wine
155,970
16.2%
1,007,094
-5.2%
Spirits in hectolitres of alcohol (at 100%alc)
Home produced whisky
55,757
36.2%
306,138
5.5%
Spirit based RTDs
7,487
16.2%
45,241
-16.7%
imported and other spirits
136,450
21.2%
865,777
5.6%
Total Spirits
199,694
24.8%
1,217,156
4.5%
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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