NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
September 2012	29 November 2012
December 2012	21 February 2013

DATA NOTES

From the September quarter 2009, data relating to the export of Australian produced wine is no longer included in this publication. Information regarding export data can be obtained by contacting the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.

Due to the seasonal nature of the data, quarterly movements are not included in commentary.

Further information on domestic sales and imports data is available by downloading the time-series (original) spreadsheets:

• 1. Domestic Sales of Australian Wine, by container type
• 2. Domestic Sales of Australian Wine and Brandy by Winemakers
• 3. Domestic Sales of Australian Fortified Wine by Winemakers
• 4. Imports Cleared, by Wine Type
• 5. Total Wine Imports (Excluding Brandy) Cleared, by Selected Countries

ROUNDING

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.


SUMMARY COMMENTARY


AUSTRALIAN TABLE WINE SALES

Total White and Red/Rosé Table Wine

The June 2012 quarter estimate for white table wine was 48.5 million litres, which was 13.5% lower than the June 2011 quarter estimate. The estimate for red/rosé table wine in the June 2012 quarter was 50.6 million litres, which was 17.1% higher than the June 2011 quarter estimate.


Table Wine, Glass Containers Less Than 2 Litres

The June 2012 quarter estimate for white table wine in glass containers less than 2 litres was 23.2 million litres, which was 21.1% lower than the June 2011 quarter estimate. The June 2012 quarter estimate for red/rosé table wine in glass containers less than 2 litres was 28.9 million litres, which was 0.1% higher than the June 2011 quarter estimate.


Table Wine, Soft Pack Containers

The June 2012 quarter estimate for white wine in soft pack containers was 20.8 million litres, which was 14.1% lower than the June 2011 quarter sales estimate. The estimate of red/rosé table wine in soft packs for the June 2012 quarter was 11.3 million litres, which was 12.6% lower than the June 2011 quarter estimate.

Table 1. DOMESTIC SALES OF AUSTRALIAN WINE, by wine containers
		WHITE TABLE WINE			RED AND ROSE TABLE WINE
		Glass <2L	Soft packs	Total(a)	Glass <2L	Soft packs	Total(a)	Total table wine	Total other wine	Total wine
		'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L
2009-10		102 326	101 706	219 463	102 580	53 848	176 445	395 908	74 871	470 780
2010-11		108 253	98 230	219 217	105 484	49 282	173 074	392 291	71 434	463 724
2011-12		107 459	93 436	214 277	106 126	45 990	173 660	387 937	68 599	456 536
2011
	June Quarter	29 380	24 240	56 094	28 866	12 953	43 196	99 290	15 847	115 137
	September Quarter	26 354	24 142	54 467	27 497	12 601	43 595	98 062	16 850	114 912
	December Quarter	31 981	24 467	58 619	28 637	11 611	44 754	103 373	22 462	125 835
2012
	March Quarter	25 936	23 998	52 655	21 102	10 460	34 713	87 368	12 824	100 192
	June Quarter	23 188	20 829	48 536	28 890	11 318	50 598	99 134	16 463	115 597
(a) Components do not add to total. The difference between components and totals is wine in 'Other containers' (see Glossary).

Table 2. DOMESTIC SALES OF WINE AND BRANDY BY WINEMAKERS
		Table	Fortified	Sparkling - Bottle fermentation(a)	Sparkling - Bulk fermentation(a)	Carbonated	Other wine products	Brandy(b)
		'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L al
2009-10		395 908	16 297	19 860	20 252	14 014	4 448	445
2010-11		392 291	17 502	19 665	15 711	13 603	4 953	416
2011-12		387 937	15 682	17 746	18 064	12 400	4 710	388
2011
	June Quarter	99 290	4 765	3 994	3 121	2 766	1 201	100
	September Quarter	98 062	4 587	4 210	4 000	2 919	1 135	99
	December Quarter	103 373	3 832	6 742	6 234	4 208	1 447	125
2012
	March Quarter	87 368	3 048	3 328	3 040	2 473	936	82
	June Quarter	99 134	4 215	3 466	4 790	2 800	1 192	83
(a) Spritzig table wines are included in table wine
(b) Quantities on which excise duty was paid

Table 3. DOMESTIC SALES OF FORTIFIED WINE BY WINEMAKERS
		Cream, crusted/crusting and solera fortified in glass <2L	Vintage, ruby and tawny fortified in glass <2L	Other fortified in glass <2L	Soft packs	Other containers	Total fortified wine
		'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L
2009-10		np	3 351	461	np	4 059	16 297
2010-11		np	4 443	674	np	3 893	17 502
2011-12		np	3 231	377	np	3 647	15 682
2011
	June Quarter	np	1 250	156	np	1 068	4 765
	September Quarter	np	992	101	np	1 116	4 587
	December Quarter	np	843	83	np	927	3 832
2012
	March Quarter	np	475	58	np	771	3 048
	June Quarter	np	921	135	np	833	4 215
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated

IMPORTS

Wine Imports (Excluding Brandy) Cleared for Home Consumption

In the June 2012 quarter, 17.3 million litres of wine was imported, valued at $110.6 million. This represents an increase of 41.6% in quantity and an increase of 25.4% in value from the June 2011 quarter estimate. The average value of wine cleared for home consumption in the June 2012 quarter was $6.41 per litre, down from $7.24 in the June 2011 quarter.

Table 4. IMPORTS CLEARED, quantity by wine type
		White table wine <2L(a)	Red/Rosé table wine <2L	Sparkling	Total wine (excluding brandy)(b)	Brandy
		'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L
2009-10		32 333	8 924	8 358	64 339	448
2010-11		34 081	10 346	8 979	67 008	465
2011-12		40 949	12 354	10 403	82 546	469
2011
	June Quarter	7 065	2 370	1 680	12 186	94
	September Quarter	9 818	3 317	2 488	23 068	132
	December Quarter	11 975	3 424	3 861	27 051	139
2012
	March Quarter	8 107	2 650	2 220	15 170	119
	June Quarter	11 049	2 964	1 833	17 258	79
(a) White wine <2L includes carbonated wine
(b) Total wine (excluding brandy) includes grape wine and grape wine product

Table 5. IMPORTS CLEARED, customs value by wine type
		White table wine <2L(a)	Red/Rosé table wine <2L	Sparkling	Total wine (excluding brandy)(b)	Brandy
		$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
2009-10		226 566	71 143	121 925	458 795	14 211
2010-11		227 308	77 924	134 502	470 781	15 861
2011-12		252 213	91 501	144 453	529 731	16 443
2011
	June Quarter	44 612	18 194	22 237	88 255	3 377
	September Quarter	65 006	27 375	34 408	143 197	4 470
	December Quarter	75 461	24 594	61 076	177 277	4 815
2012
	March Quarter	54 203	14 706	24 784	98 618	3 686
	June Quarter	57 543	24 826	24 186	110 640	3 471
(a) White wine <2L includes carbonated wine
(b) Total wine (excluding brandy) includes grape wine and grape wine product

Table 6. TOTAL WINE IMPORTS CLEARED, by selected countries(a)
		New Zealand	Italy	Portugal	Spain	France	Germany	Chile	South Africa	Total other countries	Total all countries
Quantity ('000 L)
2009-10		44 442	6 639	568	1 106	6 992	569	659	1 904	1 459	64 340
2010-11		45 445	6 688	637	1 303	8 638	587	751	1 430	1 531	67 009
2011-12		54 654	7 170	516	1 667	11 182	588	3 763	1 135	1 870	82 547
2011
	June Quarter	7 570	1 311	149	249	2 006	116	190	346	248	12 186
	September Quarter	16 979	1 726	109	477	2 462	136	124	548	505	23 068
	December Quarter	17 972	2 054	138	381	3 648	197	1 695	371	596	27 051
2012
	March Quarter	8 930	1 678	177	332	2 847	139	584	130	353	15 170
	June Quarter	10 773	1 712	92	477	2 225	116	1 360	86	416	17 258
Value (Customs Value) ($'000)
2009-10		258 758	39 791	2 627	7 474	129 741	3 116	2 751	5 952	8 585	458 796
2010-11		262 353	32 180	2 418	7 781	146 208	3 181	3 203	4 394	9 065	470 781
2011-12		299 171	34 677	2 318	8 720	162 380	3 276	4 528	3 125	11 536	529 732
2011
	June Quarter	48 821	6 764	762	1 619	26 230	562	751	906	1 841	88 255
	September Quarter	83 575	9 087	479	2 991	41 882	675	474	1 425	2 609	143 197
	December Quarter	93 552	9 778	817	2 081	62 653	1 210	2 812	1 048	3 326	177 277
2012
	March Quarter	58 550	7 225	636	1 889	26 078	759	811	372	2 297	98 618
	June Quarter	63 494	8 587	386	1 759	31 767	632	431	280	3 304	110 640
(a) Total wine (excluding brandy) includes grape wine and grape wine product