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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Sep 2007	Aug 2007 to Sep 2007	Sep 2006 to Sep 2007
		'000 L	% change	% change
Trend estimates
Australian produced wine
	Domestic wine sales	35 007	-0.8	-7.8
	White table wine sales	17 180	-0.1	-9.2
	Red and rosé table wine sales	12 600	-1.8	-6.2
Seasonally Adjusted
Australian produced wine
	Domestic wine sales	35 209	2.2	-10.7
	White table wine sales	17 666	4.9	-10.7
	Red and rosé table wine sales	12 038	-4.5	-11.7

Australian produced wine, Domestic sales

Australian produced wine, Exports - Original

SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS


AUSTRALIAN WINE DOMESTIC SALES

DOMESTIC WINE SALES

• The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine was 35.0 million litres in September 2007, a decrease of 0.8% from August 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine was 35.2 million litres in September 2007, an increase of 2.2% on August 2007.

• The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced white wine decreased by 0.1% in September 2007 and was 9.2% lower than the same time last year.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced white wine was 17.7 million litres in September 2007, an increase of 4.9% on August 2007.

• The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced red and rosé wine decreased by 1.8% in September 2007 and was 6.2% lower than the same time last year.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced red and rosé wine was 12.0 million litres in September 2007, a decrease of 4.5% on August 2007.

• Exports of Australian produced wine increased by 6.9% this month to 75.3 million litres. The value of the exported wine in September 2007 was $283.5 million. Australia exported 804.4 million litres, with a total value of $3.0 billion in the twelve months ending September 2007. This was an increase of 9.1% in volume and 9.1% in value over the corresponding period to September 2006.

ROUNDING

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

ANNUAL PRODUCTION AND INVENTORIES UPDATE

Preliminary results are now available from the 2006-07 annual wine collection which covers Australian winemakers who crushed 50 tonnes or more of grapes during the year.

Results show a total of 1,048.5 million litres of beverage wine being produced in 2006-07, a decrease of 26.9% on the previous year (1,434.5 million litres). In the 2006-07 year, 1,472,618 tonnes of grapes were crushed, a decrease of 22.6% on 2005-06 (1,901,560 tonnes). An estimated 706,240 tonnes of red grapes were crushed in 2006-07, while 766,378 tonnes of white grapes were crushed.

The scope of the inventory collection includes all winemakers who crush more than 400 tonnes annually or have domestic wine sales of 250,000 litres or more in either of the two previous years. Preliminary results for wine inventories show that at 30 June 2007, there was 1,898.3 million litres of wine held by Australian winemakers, a decrease of 15.8% on the 2,255.7 million litres held at 30 June 2006. The volume of stock held at 30 June 2007 includes 602.3 million litres of white wine and 1,038.2 million litres of red wine.

Detailed results from the 2006-07 annual wine collections will be included in the publication Australian Wine and Grape Industry, 2007 (cat. no. 1329.0), which is scheduled for release on 29 January 2008.

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.