8504.0 - Sales of Australian Wine and Brandy by Winemakers, Mar 2006  
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MARCH KEY FIGURES

Mar 2006
Feb 2006 to Mar 2006
Mar 2005 to Mar 2006
'000 L
% change
% change

Trend estimates

Australian produced wine
Domestic wine sales
35 749
-0.1
-2.0
White table wine sales
17 577
0.4
-0.4
Red and rosé table wine sales
12 668
-0.7
-4.8

Seasonally Adjusted

Australian produced wine
Domestic wine sales
34 754
-8.0
-4.7
White table wine sales
17 189
-6.9
-3.7
Red and rosé table wine sales
12 015
-12.0
-8.4

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



MARCH KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES

  • The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine decreased 0.1% in March 2006.
  • The trend estimate for domestic sales of white table wine increased 0.4% in March 2006, following nine consecutive months of decline. The trend for red and rosé table wine decreased for the twelfth consecutive month, down 0.7% in March 2006.


SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine was 34.8 million litres in March 2006, a decrease of 8.0% on February 2006.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for domestic sales of white table wine decreased 6.9% on February 2006, while red and rosé table wine decreased 12.0%.


ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
  • In original terms, 35.6 million litres of Australian produced wine were sold domestically by winemakers in March 2006, an increase of 14.8% on February 2006, but a decrease of 2.9% on March 2005.
  • Exports of Australian produced wine increased 16.1% on February 2006 to 60.5 million litres in March 2006. Australia exported 705.1 million litres with a value of $2.8 billion in the twelve months ending March 2006, an increase of 8.0% in volume and 1.3% in value over the corresponding period to March 2005.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
April 2006 5 June 2006
May 2006 4 July 2006
June 2006 4 August 2006
July 2006 4 September 2006
August 2006 4 October 2006
September 2006 6 November 2006



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.



DATA NOTES

There are no data notes in this issue.



ROUNDING

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



INQUIRIES

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DOMESTIC AUSTRALIAN TABLE WINE SALES TREND


TOTAL WHITE AND RED/ROSÉ TABLE WINE

The trend estimate for total sales of white table wine increased 0.4% on February 2006, but decreased 0.4% on March 2005. The trend estimate for total red and rosé wine sales decreased 0.7% on February 2006 and 4.8% on March 2005.

TOTAL WHITE AND RED/ROSÉ TABLE WINE: Trend
Graph: Total White and Red and Rosé Table wine, Trend




TABLE WINE, GLASS CONTAINER LESS THAN 2 LITRES

The trend estimate for sales of white table wine in glass containers of less than 2 litres decreased 0.3% on February 2006, but increased 1.2% on March 2005. The trend estimate for red and rosé wine sales in glass containers of less than 2 litres decreased 1.6% on February 2006 and 7.4% on March 2005.

TABLE WINE, Glass container less than 2 litres: Trend
Graph: Table wine, Glass container less than 2 litres, Trend




TABLE WINE, SOFT PACK CONTAINERS

The trend estimate for domestic sales of white table wine in soft packs increased 0.8% on February 2006, but decreased 2.3% on March 2005. The trend estimate for red and rosé wine in soft packs increased 0.5% on February 2006, but decreased 1.8% on March 2005.

TABLE WINE, Soft pack containers: Trend
Graph: Table wine, Soft pack containers, Trend




EXPORTS OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCED WINE


ANNUAL EXPORTS OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCED WINE

The graph below shows that there has been steady growth in original terms in the quantity of exports of Australian produced wine over the last fifteen years. In 1989-90, 38.1 million litres of wine were exported. Exports gradually grew over the next three years to reach over 100 million litres in 1992-93. By 1998-99 exports had reached 200.9 million litres. Since then there has been rapid growth with 284.9 million litres of wine exported in 1999-2000, a 41.8% rise on 1998-99. Over the following three years there were rises of 18.7%, 23.7% and 24.0% respectively. Wine exports continued to rise in 2003-04 reaching 584.3 million litres, a 12.7% increase on 2002-03. In 2004-05 exports totalled 669.7 million litres, an increase of 14.6% on 2003-04.

Exports of Australian produced wine, Annual totals: Original
Graph: Exports of Australian produced wine, Annual Totals, Original




EXPORTS OF WHITE AND RED/ROSÉ TABLE WINE

In original terms, 60.5 million litres of Australian produced wine were exported in March 2006, an increase of 16.1% on February 2006 and 7.5% on March 2005. In March 2006, 21.9 million litres of Australian produced white table wine were exported, an increase of 13.3% on February 2006 and 20.8% on March 2005. Australia exported 37.0 million litres of Australian produced red and rosé table wine in March 2006, an increase of 16.9% on February 2006, but a decrease of 0.2% on March 2005.

EXPORTS OF TABLE WINE BY TYPE: Original
Graph: Exports of Table wine by Type, Original




UNIT VALUE OF WINE EXPORTS

In original terms, 60.5 million litres of wine valued at $222.6m were exported in March 2006, an increase of 16.1% in quantity and 16.1% in value on February 2006. The average value of Australian wine exported in March 2006 was $3.68 per litre, down from $4.02 per litre in March 2005, but no change from $3.68 per litre in February 2006.

UNIT VALUE OF WINE EXPORTS: Original
Graph: Unit Value of Wine Exports, Original




DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ABS AND AWBC WINE EXPORT FIGURES

The value of wine exports reported in this publication is derived by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) from customs export records and the ABS converts the value on the day of shipment, at the daily conversion rate (see paragraph 10 of the Explanatory Notes for more detail). The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC) also report the value of exports and the exporter makes the conversion when submitting wine for export approval. With the AWBC method, it is expected that some of the conversions will occur at hedged rates. This does not occur with the ABS method. For March, the value reported by the ABS was $222.6m, while the AWBC value was $237.7m. When the Australian exchange rate is moving significantly the alternative methods will result in diverging valuations.



IMPORTS AND DISPOSALS OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCED WINE


WINE IMPORTS CLEARED FOR HOME CONSUMPTION

In original terms, 2.4 million litres of wine, valued at $20.3 million were imported in March 2006, an increase of 38.4% in quantity and 36.0% in value on February 2006. The average value of wine imports cleared for home consumption in March 2006 was $8.57 per litre, up from $7.85 per litre in March 2005.

WINE IMPORTS CLEARED: Original
Graph: Wine Imports Cleared, Original




DISPOSALS OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCED WINE AND WINE AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION IN AUSTRALIA

The original data for the March quarter 2006 shows that wine available for consumption in Australia increased 1.7% on the same quarter in 2005. Domestic sales of Australian wine increased 0.8%, and wine imports increased 19.0%. Total disposals of Australian produced wine increased by 4.5% on the same quarter in 2005 with exports increasing by 6.7%.

Domestic sales of Australian produced wine (A)
Wine imports cleared for home consumption (B)
Wine available for consumption (A + B)
Exports of Australian produced wine (C)
Total disposals of Australian produced wine (A + C)
Period
'000 L
'000 L
'000 L
'000 L
'000 L

2002-03
402 479
17 112
419 591
518 595
921 074
2003-04
417 378
18 737
436 115
584 319
1 001 697
2004-05
430 131
22 139
452 270
669 720
1 099 851
Mar Qtr 2005
87 766
4 609
92 375
148 361
236 127
Mar Qtr 2006
88 464
5 485
93 949
158 294
246 758