Alcohol released for consumption –December 2009
(UK Customs clearances) Please read the tables below in conjunction with the notes.
December 2009
Dec 2009
% Change on Dec 2008
Total
Dec 2008 to Dec 2009
% Change on 12 months previously
Still Wine in hectolitres (i.e. 100litres)
Still wine under 15%alc
1,043,595
2.3%
11,729,259
-5.4%
Sparkling Wine
99,476
-1.0%
731,415
-3.4%
wine over 15%alc
33,164
-24.9%
219,154
-32.3%
Total Wine
1,176,234
1.0%
12,679,828
-6.0%
Made Wine in hectolitres (i.e. 100litres)
Made wine 1.2% to 5.5%alc
72,500
32.6%
596,855
-2.4%
Made Wine 5.5 to 15%alcstill
33,127
32.7%
389,978
4.2%
Made wine 5.5 to 15%alc sparkling
311
-12.4%
2,429
-67.0%
Total Made Wine
105,938
32.5%
989,262
-0.4%
Spirits in hectolitres of alcohol (at 100%alc)
Home produced whisky
28,343
74.2%
258,092
-10.8%
Spirit based RTDs
2,574
97.6%
31,834
-23.7%
imported and other spirits
87,617
56.7%
801,257
-1.9%
Total Spirits
118,534
61.3%
1,091,182
-4.9%
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 alcoholContact David Tromans for further information – - 020 7089 3877
