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FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
December 2009	23 February 2010
March 2010	25 May 2010

DATA NOTES

After consultation with key stakeholders, the decision was made to release this publication on a quarterly basis commencing with the 2009 September quarter release. The data in this publication relate to the sales of wine in Australia and to reflect this, the content and title have been changed.

With the move from monthly to quarterly frequency, there has been an observed change in reporting behaviour with respect to the inclusion of bulk wine sales in container type 'All other containers'. A resolution was not reached in time for the September 2009 quarter release and as such users should view the data corresponding to container type 'All other containers' with caution. Revisions to this data may be applied in subsequent releases.

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. Imports 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 or Paul Sutcliffe on Adelaide (08) 8237 7302.


SUMMARY COMMENTARY


AUSTRALIAN TABLE WINE SALES

Total White and Red/Rose Table Wine

For the September quarter 2009 the original estimate for white table wine was 53.4 million litres, which was 12.8% higher than last quarter and 5.5% higher than September quarter 2008. The original estimate for red/rose table wine in September quarter 2009 was 46.7 million litres, which was 17.5% higher than June quarter 2009 and 3.0% higher than September quarter 2008.


Table Wine, Glass Containers Less Than 2 Litres

In September quarter 2009 the original estimate for white table wine in glass containers less than 2 litres was 24.7 million litres, 15.3% higher than June quarter 2009 and 7.8% higher than September quarter 2008. The original September quarter 2009 estimate for red/rose table wine in glass containers less than 2 litres was 25.9 million litres, which was 4.2% higher than June quarter 2009 and 1.0% higher than September quarter 2008.


Table Wine, Soft Pack Containers

September quarter 2009 domestic sales estimate for white wine in soft pack containers was 25.2 million litres, 1.7% higher than June quarter 2009 sales and 7.2% lower than September quarter 2008 sales. Domestic sales of red/rose table wine is soft packs for September quarter 2009 were 17.1 million litres, 20.3% higher than June quarter 2009 and 4.5% higher than September quarter 2008.

Table 1. DOMESTIC SALES OF AUSTRALIAN WINE, By container type
		WHITE TABLE WINE			RED AND ROSE TABLE WINE
		Glass less than 2 litres	Soft packs(a)	Total(b)	Glass less than 2 litres	Soft packs(a)	Total(b)	Total table wine	Total other wine	Total wine
Period		'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L
2006-07		100 391	116 196	218 566	102 126	57 276	162 106	380 672	67 471	448 142
2007-08		93 934	110 367	206 810	95 581	55 336	155 193	362 003	65 514	427 516
2008-09		r96 650	104 362	r204 222	r96 243	56 002	r159 046	r363 268	66 620	r429 886
2008
	September Quarter	22 895	27 118	50 674	25 683	16 376	45 324	95 998	16 262	112 259
	December Quarter	30 980	27 532	58 959	27 010	14 354	43 500	102 459	23 158	125 616
2009
	March Quarter	r21 366	24 969	r47 203	r18 660	11 048	r30 475	r77 678	12 570	r90 248
	June Quarter	r21 409	24 743	r47 386	r24 890	14 224	r39 747	r87 133	14 630	r101 763
	September Quarter	24 681	25 171	53 436	25 931	17 109	46 697	100 132	19 391	119 523
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(a) Soft pack containers include all collapsible packs, plastic or otherwise.
(b) Components do not add to total. The difference between components and totals is 'Wine in other containers' (see Glossary).

IMPORTS

Wine Imports Cleared for Home Consumption

In original terms, 17.5 million litres of wine valued at $120.2 million were imported in September quarter 2009. This represents an increase of 41.1% in quantity from the previous quarter. The value of imports was 46.2% higher than June quarter 2009. The average value of wine cleared for home consumption in September quarter 2009 was $6.87 per litre up from $6.63 per litre in June quarter 2009.

Table 2. IMPORTS CLEARED, By wine type
Period		White table	Red/Rosé table	Table wine	Fortified wine	Sparkling wine	Other wine	Total wine
Quantity ('000 L)
2006-07		19 003	6 487	25 490	123	7 000	1 662	34 275
2007-08		31 319	11 260	42 580	159	8 268	2 307	53 313
2008-09		41 128	9 476	50 604	192	9 591	1 843	62 230
2008
	September Quarter	10 954	3 101	14 055	28	2 681	524	17 288
	December Quarter	15 727	3 132	18 859	41	2 931	489	22 321
2009
	March Quarter	6 561	1 674	8 235	69	1 382	541	10 227
	June Quarter	r7 886	r1 569	r9 454	54	r2 597	289	r12 394
	September Quarter	11 610	2 652	14 262	50	2 699	471	17 482
Value ($'000)
2006-07		155 180	46 720	201 900	1 154	97 533	6 437	307 023
2007-08		222 578	64 581	287 158	1 523	132 353	10 450	431 485
2008-09		270 564	73 706	344 271	1 529	118 910	8 635	473 345
2008
	September Quarter	69 255	22 920	92 175	371	38 281	2 072	132 899
	December Quarter	105 984	23 725	129 709	429	46 096	2 390	178 624
2009
	March Quarter	47 875	12 380	60 255	201	16 414	2 770	79 640
	June Quarter	r47 451	r14 682	r62 133	r528	r18 119	1 401	r82 181
	September Quarter	66 337	20 854	87 190	516	30 597	1 856	120 160
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Table 3. IMPORTS CLEARED, By selected countries
Period		New Zealand	Italy	France	Portugal	Spain	Chile	Germany	South Africa	Total other countries	Total All Countries
Quantity ('000)
2006-07		18 142	5 544	5 354	482	947	586	901	517	1 802	34 275
2007-08		23 859	7 117	7 087	723	1 167	4 449	557	2 527	5 828	53 313
2008-09		37 014	7 467	7 010	547	1 085	3 197	627	2 350	2 934	62 230
2008
	September Quarter	8 311	2 696	2 678	161	383	968	161	642	1 287	17 288
	December Quarter	13 150	2 237	2 467	216	382	1 965	178	1 088	639	22 321
2009
	March Quarter	6 802	1 305	895	75	183	116	127	62	662	10 227
	June Quarter	r8 750	1 229	r969	94	138	148	r162	558	r346	r12 394
	September Quarter	12 039	2 041	1 654	156	156	211	130	713	381	17 482
Value ($'000)
2006-07		155 913	32 081	97 134	2 050	4 900	2 439	3 347	1 389	7 769	307 023
2007-08		209 401	40 543	142 906	2 888	7 265	7 284	2 935	5 522	12 740	431 485
2008-09		261 790	49 018	125 805	2 580	7 175	5 562	3 763	7 258	10 393	473 345
2008
	September Quarter	61 598	15 681	45 188	730	2 448	1 675	826	1 957	2 797	132 899
	December Quarter	101 640	15 161	47 808	960	2 247	2 632	1 156	3 376	3 643	178 624
2009
	March Quarter	49 897	9 769	14 858	340	1 336	599	714	232	1 895	79 640
	June Quarter	r48 656	8 406	r17 951	549	1 144	656	r1 068	1 693	r2 058	r82 181
	September Quarter	67 237	13 492	30 581	791	1 375	1 068	723	2 250	2 643	120 160
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