8504.0 - Sales of Australian Wine and Brandy by Winemakers, Oct 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/12/2007   
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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

Oct 2007
Sep 2007 to Oct 2007
Oct 2006 to Oct 2007
'000 L
% change
% change

Trend estimates

Australian produced wine
Domestic wine sales
34 532
-0.9
-9.0
White table wine sales
17 100
-0.2
-8.8
Red and rosé table wine sales
11 920
-2.8
-12.0

Seasonally Adjusted

Australian produced wine
Domestic wine sales
34 393
-2.2
-9.7
White table wine sales
17 056
-3.0
-9.8
Red and rosé table wine sales
11 523
-4.1
-13.8

Australian produced wine, Domestic sales
Graph: Australian produced wine, Domestic sales, Seasonally adjusted and Trend

Australian produced wine, Exports - Original
Graph: Australian produced wine, Exports, Original



OCTOBER KEY POINTS


AUSTRALIAN WINE DOMESTIC SALES

DOMESTIC WINE SALES

  • The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine was 34.5 million litres in October 2007, a decrease of 0.9% from September 2007.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine was 34.4 million litres in October 2007, a decrease of 2.2% on September 2007.


WHITE TABLE WINE
  • The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced white wine decreased by 0.2% in October 2007 and was 8.8% lower than the same time last year.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced white wine was 17.1 million litres in October 2007, a decrease of 3.0% on September 2007.


RED/ROSÉ TABLE WINE
  • The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced red and rosé wine decreased by 2.8% in October 2007 and was 12.0% lower than the same time last year.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced red and rosé wine was 11.5 million litres in October 2007, a decrease of 4.1% on September 2007.


AUSTRALIAN WINE EXPORTS
  • Exports of Australian produced wine decreased by 3.6% this month to 69.4 million litres. The value of exported wine in October 2007 was $269.5 million. Australia exported 808.0 million litres, with a total value of $3.0 billion in the twelve months ending October 2007. This was an increase of 10.5% in volume and 12.8% in value over the corresponding period to October 2006.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
November 2007 10 January 2008
December 2007 8 February 2008
January 2008 6 March 2008
February 2008 7 April 2008
March 2008 8 May 2008
April 2008 5 June 2008



DATA NOTES

From this release (October 2007) of Sales of Australian Wine and Brandy by Australian Winemakers (8504.0) there will be a minor change to the electronic spreadsheets on the ABS website. The two tables that were known as Table 2A and Table 2B have been combined into one table to be known as Table 2. The full title for this table is Table 2 Domestic Sales of Australian Wine and Brandy by Winemakers. All other tables have remained the same.



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 Damian Sparkes on Adelaide (08) 8237 7425.