NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
March 2012	24 May 2012
June 2012	23 August 2012

DATA NOTES

A significant change was observed in the reporting of bulk wine sales between the June 2009 quarter and September 2009 quarter; however, the total impact is unquantifiable. Significant revisions have been made to the period spanning September 2008 quarter to June 2009 quarter inclusive. Users should view quarterly movements during this period with caution.

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 no longer 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. 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.


SUMMARY COMMENTARY


AUSTRALIAN TABLE WINE SALES

Total White and Red/Rosé Table Wine

The December 2011 quarter estimate for white table wine was 58.6 million litres, which was 4.7% lower than the December 2010 quarter estimate. The estimate for red/rosé table wine in the December 2011 quarter was 44.8 million litres, which was 6.3% lower than the December 2010 quarter estimate.


Table Wine, Glass Containers Less Than 2 Litres

The December 2011 quarter estimate for white table wine in glass containers less than 2 litres was 32.0 million litres, which was 1.2% higher than the December 2010 quarter estimate. The December 2011 quarter estimate for red/rosé table wine in glass containers less than 2 litres was 28.7 million litres, which was 0.7% lower than the December 2010 quarter estimate.


Table Wine, Soft Pack Containers

The December 2011 quarter estimate for white wine in soft pack containers was 24.5 million litres, which was 6.3% lower than the December 2010 quarter sales estimate. The estimate of red/rosé table wine in soft packs for the December 2011 quarter was 11.6 million litres, which was 6.3% lower than the December 2010 quarter estimate.

Table 1. DOMESTIC SALES OF AUSTRALIAN WINE, by wine containers
		WHITE TABLE WINE			RED AND ROSE TABLE WINE
		Glass less than 2 litres	Soft packs	Total(a)	Glass less than 2 litres	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
2008-09		96 650	104 362	212 425	96 243	56 002	170 745	383 172	66 620	449 790
2009-10		102 326	101 706	219 463	102 580	53 848	176 445	395 908	74 871	470 780
2010-11		108 482	98 230	219 441	105 484	49 282	173 074	392 515	71 434	463 948
2010
	December Quarter	31 591	26 118	61 521	28 869	12 390	47 778	109 299	24 884	134 183
2011
	March Quarter	22 801	23 395	49 305	19 442	10 165	32 714	82 019	13 118	95 136
	June Quarter	29 609	24 240	56 318	28 866	12 953	43 196	99 514	15 847	115 361
	September Quarter	26 354	24 142	54 467	27 497	12 601	43 595	98 062	16 850	114 912
	December Quarter	31 968	24 467	58 607	28 653	11 611	44 770	103 376	22 457	125 833
(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
2008-09		383 172	16 283	20 770	15 745	9 726	4 090	486
2009-10		395 908	16 297	19 860	20 252	14 014	4 448	445
2010-11		392 515	17 502	19 665	15 711	13 603	4 953	416
2010
	December Quarter	109 299	4 572	7 566	6 489	4 891	1 366	133
2011
	March Quarter	82 019	3 417	3 567	2 528	2 742	864	85
	June Quarter	99 514	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	103 376	3 835	6 741	6 225	4 208	1 448	125
(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 less than 2 litres	Vintage, ruby and tawny fortified in glass less than 2 litres	Other fortified in glass less than 2 litres	Soft packs	Other containers	Total fortified wine
		'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L
2008-09		np	3 265	361	np	4 208	16 283
2009-10		np	3 351	461	np	4 059	16 297
2010-11		np	4 443	674	np	3 893	17 502
2010
	December Quarter	np	1 272	205	np	1 031	4 572
2011
	March Quarter	np	912	138	np	692	3 417
	June Quarter	np	1 250	156	np	1 068	4 765
	September Quarter	np	992	101	np	1 116	4 587
	December Quarter	np	844	83	np	929	3 835
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated

IMPORTS

Wine Imports Cleared for Home Consumption

In the December 2011 quarter, 27.2 million litres of wine were imported, valued at $177.3 million. This represents an increase of 8.7% in quantity and an increase of 3.2% in value from the December 2010 quarter estimate. The average value of wine cleared for home consumption in the December 2011 quarter was $6.53 per litre, down from $6.88 in the December 2010 quarter.

Table 4. IMPORTS CLEARED, by wine type
Period		White table	Red/Rosé table	Table wine	Fortified wine	Sparkling wine	Other wine	Total wine
Quantity ('000 L)
2008-09		41 128	9 476	50 604	192	9 591	1 843	62 230
2009-10		44 940	9 238	54 177	363	8 356	1 389	64 286
2010-11		45 916	10 948	56 864	132	8 976	1 010	66 982
2010
	December Quarter	18 623	2 718	21 341	54	3 292	288	24 975
2011
	March Quarter	8 310	2 348	10 658	21	1 853	197	12 729
	June Quarter	7 735	2 511	10 246	21	1 680	231	12 179
	September Quarter	16 813	3 481	20 294	42	2 487	239	23 063
	December Quarter	18 260	4 704	22 964	60	3 858	270	27 151
Value (Customs Value) ($'000)
2008-09		270 564	73 706	344 271	1 529	118 910	8 635	473 345
2009-10		256 469	72 225	328 694	1 944	121 925	6 205	458 769
2010-11		251 762	79 505	331 266	1 217	134 502	3 753	470 739
2010
	December Quarter	91 853	20 303	112 156	470	58 145	981	171 752
2011
	March Quarter	48 041	15 321	63 362	164	20 822	780	85 128
	June Quarter	46 133	18 740	64 872	259	22 237	875	88 243
	September Quarter	79 477	28 133	107 611	389	34 408	783	143 190
	December Quarter	88 636	25 959	114 595	684	61 065	973	177 318

Table 5. IMPORTS CLEARED, by selected countries
Period		New Zealand	Italy	France	Portugal	Spain	Chile	Germany	South Africa	Total other countries	Total all countries
Quantity ('000 L)
2008-09		37 014	7 467	7 010	547	1 085	3 197	627	2 350	2 934	62 230
2009-10		44 442	6 607	6 982	567	1 107	659	570	1 903	1 449	64 286
2010-11		45 443	6 688	8 626	637	1 302	751	587	1 430	1 518	66 982
2010
	December Quarter	18 663	2 070	2 730	158	462	205	179	239	269	24 975
2011
	March Quarter	8 067	1 604	1 596	152	234	158	142	392	385	12 729
	June Quarter	7 570	1 311	2 003	149	249	190	116	346	244	12 179
	September Quarter	16 979	1 726	2 459	109	477	124	136	548	504	23 063
	December Quarter	17 977	2 054	3 749	138	380	1 695	197	371	592	27 151
Value (Customs Value) ($'000)
2008-09		261 790	49 018	125 805	2 580	7 175	5 562	3 763	7 258	10 393	473 345
2009-10		258 758	39 790	129 741	2 627	7 474	2 751	3 116	5 952	8 559	458 769
2010-11		262 353	32 180	146 209	2 417	7 780	3 202	3 181	4 394	9 022	470 739
2010
	December Quarter	94 876	9 690	58 937	604	2 848	853	1 038	802	2 105	171 752
2011
	March Quarter	50 505	7 222	20 999	508	1 259	636	753	1 239	2 007	85 128
	June Quarter	48 821	6 764	26 230	762	1 619	751	562	906	1 828	88 243
	September Quarter	83 575	9 087	41 882	479	2 991	474	675	1 425	2 602	143 190
	December Quarter	93 601	9 778	62 656	817	2 071	2 812	1 210	1 049	3 325	177 318