IMPORTS AND DISPOSALS OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCED WINE


WINE IMPORTS CLEARED FOR HOME CONSUMPTION

In original terms, 6.2 million litres of wine, valued at $55.5 million were imported in December 2008, a decrease of 11.6% in quantity from the previous month. The value of imports was 8.0% lower than November 2008. The average value of wine imports cleared for home consumption in December 2008 was $8.99 per litre up from $8.63 per litre in November 2008.

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

The original data for the December quarter 2008 shows that wine available for consumption in Australia increased 3.1% on the same quarter in 2007. Domestic sales of Australian wine for the December 2008 quarter decreased 0.2% compared with the same quarter last year, and wine imports increased 26.8% over the same period. Total disposals of Australian produced wine in the December quarter 2008 increased by 1.5% on the same quarter in 2007 with exports rising 2.8%.

	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
December Qtr 2007	r123 666	r17 603	r141 269	r180 962	r304 628
December Qtr 2008	123 363	22 321	145 684	185 956	309 319
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