In the December 2007 year:
- The total volume of alcoholic beverage
available for consumption rose 1.4 percent
to reach a new high. - An increase in spirit-based drinks
accounted for the rise in the total volume of
spirits. - The volume of pure alcohol available per
head of population aged 15 years and over,
decreased for the first time since 2003.
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- Beer as a proportion of the total beverage
available for consumption fell to 66.4
percent. - Wine available for consumption recorded its
first fall since 2001 and contributed nearly
one-fifth to the total beverage available. - The volume of tobacco available for
consumption increased to reach a new high
since the time series began in 1973.
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| Geoff Bascand |
22 February 2008 |
| Government Statistician |
ISSN 1178-0401 |