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Monthly alcohol statistics: UK customs clearances

The data below represents monthly customs clearances of alcohol. In other words, it shows the quantity of alcohol which is imported and produced in the UK. Please note that the data is taken from HMRC's Monthly Statistical Bulletins and does not include quantities of alcohol brought into the UK by private individuals for their own consumption. The data below is shown in hectolitres, where a hectolitre is 100 litres. For wine, 1 hectolitre is roughly equivalent to 133 bottles (75cl). For spirits, 1 hectolitre (at 100%alc) is roughly equivalent to 381 bottles of vodka (at 37.5%alc)

	Oct	% Change	Total	% Change on 12
	2010	on Oct 2010	Oct 10 - Oct 11	months previously
Wine	in hectolitres
Still wine under 15%alc	1,039,899	-0.4%	11,673,593	-2.5%
Sparkling Wine	76,389	-2.8%	785,859	-4.1%
wine over 15%alc	25,049	-9.4%	214,867	-3.4%
Total Wine	1,141,337	-0.8%	12,674,319	-2.7%

Made wine (i.e. wine based products)	hectolitres
Made wine 1.2% to 5.5%alc	84,691	47.0%	804,735	5.5%
Made Wine 5.5 to 15%alc still	43,698	-31.4%	435,675	8.8%
Made wine 5.5 to 15%alc sparkling	309	-80.4%	4,581	-3.9%
Total Made Wine	128,697	24.2%	1,244,990	6.6%

Spirits	hectolitres of alcohol
Home produced whisky	28,386	-12.6%	257,512	-2.6%
Spirit based RTDs	2,280	-17.3%	31,763	-5.3%
imported and other spirits	88,373	-0.6%	828,755	0.3%
Total Spirits	119,038	-4.1%	1,118,031	-0.5%

Source: HMRC Alcohol Bulletins

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