(UK Customs clearances) Please read the tables below in conjunction with the notes.
January 2010
Jan 2010
% Change on Jan 2009
Total
Jan 2009 to Jan 2010
% Change on 12 months previously
Still Wine in hectolitres (i.e. 100litres)
Still wine under 15%alc
895,113
21.9%
11,890,035
-3.8%
Sparkling Wine
69,283
27.5%
746,364
-1.8%
wine over 15%alc
16,682
37.4%
223,692
-29.2%
Total Wine
981,078
22.5%
12,860,091
-4.3%
Made Wine in hectolitres (i.e. 100litres)
Made wine 1.2% to 5.5%alc
41,278
5.6%
599,054
-3.9%
Made Wine 5.5 to 15%alcstill
20,991
-31.5%
380,409
-0.5%
Made wine 5.5 to 15%alc sparkling
333
54.7%
2,546
-63.4%
Total Made Wine
62,602
-10.5%
982,009
-3.1%
Spirits in hectolitres of alcohol (at 100%alc)
Home produced whisky
17,865
39.0%
263,103
-8.3%
Spirit based RTDs
2,388
70.4%
32,820
-20.3%
imported and other spirits
57,769
12.2%
807,537
-2.3%
Total Spirits
78,022
18.7%
1,103,460
-4.4%
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
