Alcohol released for consumption March 2010
(UK Customs clearances) Please read the tables below in conjunction with the notes.
March 2010
March 2010
% Change on March 2009
Total
March 2009 to March 2010
% Change on 12 months previously
Still Wine in hectolitres (i.e. 100litres)
Still wine under 15%alc
1,030,083
27.3%
12,131,647
4.0%
Sparkling Wine
58,407
62.7%
788,355
10.2%
wine over 15%alc
17,722
60.7%
228,241
-21.8%
Total Wine
1,106,211
29.2%
13,148,243
3.7%
Made Wine in hectolitres (i.e. 100litres)
Made wine 1.2% to 5.5%alc
74,744
135.1%
657,167
10.8%
Made Wine 5.5 to 15%alcstill
39,651
45.8%
392,910
5.7%
Made wine 5.5 to 15%alc sparkling
98
-64.4%
2,313
-36.9%
Total Made Wine
114,492
93.2%
1,052,389
8.7%
Spirits in hectolitres of alcohol (at 100%alc)
Home produced whisky
37,182
95.9%
284,133
6.2%
Spirit based RTDs
2,596
14.4%
32,982
-13.2%
imported and other spirits
94,332
62.1%
850,350
7.4%
Total Spirits
134,110
68.8%
1,167,466
6.4%
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
