USA: August beer shipments up 2.4% but January-August see a drop

The Beer Institute published on September 28 an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for August 2022.

The August 2022 estimate is 14,600,000 barrels, an increase of 2.4% compared to August 2021 removals of 14,254,197.

The YTD beer shipments are down by 4.2% though, at 109,963,330 barrels versus 114,827,350 barrels in January-September 2021.

The Beer Institute is a national trade association for the American brewing industry, representing brewers, beer importers and industry suppliers—an industry that supports more than 2 million jobs and provides more than $331 billion to the American economy.

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