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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Dec 2008	Nov 2008 to Dec 2008	Dec 2007 to Dec 2008
		'000 L	% change	% change
Trend estimates
Australian produced wine
	Domestic wine sales	34 754	-0.2	-3.3
	White table wine sales	16 717	-0.4	-4.8
	Red and rosé table wine sales	12 723	0.7	-0.5
Seasonally Adjusted
Australian produced wine
	Domestic wine sales	35 045	0.9	-2.5
	White table wine sales	16 609	-1.6	-4.6
	Red and rosé table wine sales	13 058	2.9	1.5

Australian produced wine, Domestic sales

Australian produced wine, Exports - Original

• The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine was 34.8 million litres in December 2008, a decrease of 0.2% from November 2008.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate was 35.0 million litres this month, up 0.9% from November 2008 and down 2.5% on December last year.

• The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced white wine was 16.7 million litres this month, 0.4% lower than last month and was 4.8% lower than December 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate was 16.6 million litres in December 2008, down 1.6% from November 2008 and 4.6% lower than December 2007.

• The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced red and rosé wine rose by 0.7% to 12.7 million litres this month but showing a fall of 0.5% on the same month last year.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate was 13.1 million litres in December 2008, an increase of 2.9% on November 2008 and 1.5% higher than December 2007.

• Exports of Australian produced wine increased by 34.7% this month to 67.4 million litres. The value of the exported wine in December 2008 was $221.6 million, an increase of 18.6% from last month. Australia exported 700.7 million litres, with a total value of $2.5 billion in the twelve months ending December 2008. This was a fall of 10.2% in volume and a decrease of 15.5% in value over the corresponding period to December 2007.