Alcohol and Tobacco Available for Consumption: Year ended December 2005

Embargoed until 10:45pm  –  23 February 2006

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More Beer, Wine and Spirits in 2005

Highlights

In the December 2005 year:

  • Beer available for consumption increased 2.98 million litres (1.0 percent).

 

  • Beer accounted for 68.8 percent of alcoholic beverage available for consumption.

 

  • Wine available for consumption increased 5.4 million litres (6.5 percent), and was 19.5 percent of total available alcohol.
  
  • Spirit-based drinks available for consumption increased 6.1 million litres (16.6 percent).

 

  • Spirits and spirit-based drinks provided 11.7 percent of total alcohol.

 

  • The total volume of alcoholic beverage available for consumption increased 3.2 percent.
 
 Graph, Total Volume of All Beverages for Consumption,
 Brian Pink 23 February 2006
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