Alcohol and Tobacco Available for Consumption: Year ended December 2006

Highlights

In the December 2006 year:

Total alcoholic beverage available for consumption exceeded previous high, in 1986.
Spirit-based drinks, up 16.3 percent, were the leading contributor to this increase.

Beer was still most popular alcoholic beverage, but only higher-strength beer increased.
Wine provided over 20 percent of total beverage available for consumption.

Brian Pink	23 February 2007
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