IMPORTS AND DISPOSALS OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCED WINE


WINE IMPORTS CLEARED FOR HOME CONSUMPTION

In original terms, 3.7 million litres of wine, valued at $24.6 million were imported in May 2009, a decrease of 23.5% in quantity from the previous month. The value of imports was 18.6% lower than April 2009. The average value of wine imports cleared for home consumption in May 2009 was $6.71 per litre up from $6.31 per litre in April 2009.

DISPOSALS OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCED WINE AND WINE AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION IN AUSTRALIA

The original data for the March quarter 2009 shows that wine available for consumption in Australia decreased 2.4% on the same quarter in 2008. Domestic sales of Australian wine for the March 2009 quarter increased 1.0% compared with the same quarter last year, and wine imports decreased 24.4% over the same period. Total disposals of Australian produced wine in the March quarter 2009 increased by 11.9% on the same quarter in 2008 with exports rising 18.7%.

	Domestic sales of Australian produced wine (A)	Wine imports cleared for home consumption (B)	Wine available for consumption (A + B)	Exports of Australian produced wine (C)	Total disposals of Australian produced wine (A + C)
Period	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L
2005-06	432 372	27 165	459 537	721 771	1 154 143
2006-07	448 142	34 275	482 417	786 926	1 235 068
2007-08	427 516	53 313	480 829	714 711	1 142 227
March Quarter 2008	89 712	13 534	103 246	145 946	235 658
March Quarter 2009	90 580	r10 227	r100 807	173 202	263 782
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