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In 2009-10 there were 79.7 million litres of pure alcohol available from beer, which is a decrease of 1.7% from 2008–09 (81.1 million litres). Full strength beer made up 82.4% of all beer available for consumption in 2009-10, followed by mid strength beer (12.7%) and low strength beer (4.9%).
Over the past 6 years, the amount of alcohol available for consumption from low strength beer has decreased 37.3% (from 6.2 million litres in 2004–05 to 3.9 million litres in 2009-10), while mid and full strength beer has increased (Table 2).
TABLE 2: BEER, PURE ALCOHOL AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION
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| Year ended 30 June | Low strength(a) | Mid strength(a) | Full strength(a) | Total |
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VOLUME OF PURE ALCOHOL ('000 litres) |
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| 2005 | 6 171 | 8 407 | 60 497 | 75 075 |
| 2006 | 5 900 | 8 767 | 61 721 | 76 388 |
| 2007 | 5 381 | 9 336 | 63 131 | 77 849 |
| 2008 | 4 813 | 9 513 | 65 170 | 79 496 |
| 2009 | 4 247 | 9 862 | 67 040 | 81 148 |
| 2010 | 3 872 | 10 142 | 65 720 | 79 734 |
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PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF PURE ALCOHOL(a) (litres) |
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| 2005 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 3.73 | 4.62 |
| 2006 | 0.36 | 0.53 | 3.74 | 4.63 |
| 2007 | 0.32 | 0.56 | 3.76 | 4.63 |
| 2008 | 0.28 | 0.55 | 3.80 | 4.63 |
| 2009 | 0.24 | 0.56 | 3.82 | 4.62 |
| 2010 | 0.22 | 0.57 | 3.66 | 4.44 |
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| (a) See paragraph 15 of the Explanatory Notes for definitions of low, mid and full strength beer. |
| (b) Litres per person aged 15 years and over. |
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The volume of beer available for consumption decreased slightly, from 1,872.8 million litres in 2008–09 to 1,853.6 million litres in 2009–10. The volume of full strength beer decreased 1.0%, while mid strength beer increased 2.8%. Low strength beer also decreased by 7.8% (Table 3).
TABLE 3: BEER, VOLUME AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION
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| Year ended 30 June | Low strength(a) | Mid strength(a) | Full strength(a) | Total |
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VOLUME ('000 litres) |
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| 2005 | 229 080 | 240 978 | 1 278 128 | 1 748 186 |
| 2006 | 218 045 | 251 676 | 1 305 476 | 1 775 198 |
| 2007 | 199 581 | 268 017 | 1 337 286 | 1 804 884 |
| 2008 | 176 984 | 271 807 | 1 387 008 | 1 835 798 |
| 2009 | 156 906 | 281 793 | 1 434 112 | 1 872 810 |
| 2010 | 144 599 | 289 815 | 1 419 150 | 1 853 563 |
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PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION(b) (litres) |
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| 2005 | 14.11 | 14.84 | 78.70 | 107.65 |
| 2006 | 13.21 | 15.25 | 79.09 | 107.54 |
| 2007 | 11.87 | 15.95 | 79.56 | 107.38 |
| 2008 | 10.32 | 15.84 | 80.84 | 107.00 |
| 2009 | 8.93 | 16.04 | 81.62 | 106.59 |
| 2010 | 8.06 | 16.15 | 79.09 | 103.30 |
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| (a) See paragraph 15 of the Explanatory Notes for definitions of low, mid and full strength beer. |
| (b) Litres per person aged 15 years and over. |
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