8504.0 - Sales of Australian Wine and Brandy by Winemakers, Jan 2006  
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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

Jan 2006
Dec 2005 to Jan 2006
Jan 2005 to Jan 2006
'000 L
% change
% change

Trend estimates

Australian produced wine
Domestic wine sales
35 276
-0.7
-1.8
White table wine sales
17 194
-0.6
-1.2
Red and rosé table wine sales
12 638
-1.0
-3.2

Seasonally Adjusted

Australian produced wine
Domestic wine sales
34 890
0.1
-4.2
White table wine sales
17 180
1.7
-1.3
Red and rosé table wine sales
12 330
-2.8
-9.3

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



JANUARY KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES

  • The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine fell 0.7% in January 2006. The trend has been declining steadily for the last ten months.
  • The trend estimate for domestic sales of white table wine wine fell 0.6% in January 2006, the ninth consecutive monthly fall. The trend for red and rosé table wine fell for the tenth consecutive month, down 1.0% in January 2006.


SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine was 34.9 million litres in January 2006, an increase of 0.1% on December 2005.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for domestic sales of white table wine increased 1.7% on December 2005, while red and rosé table wine decreased 2.8%.


ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
  • In original terms, 21.8 million litres of Australian produced wine were sold domestically by winemakers in January 2006, a decrease of 45.7% on December 2005, but an increase of 0.2% on January 2005.
  • Exports of Australian produced wine decreased 26.6% on December 2005 to 45.7 million litres in January 2006. Australia exported 695.1 million litres with a value of $2.7 billion in the twelve months ending January 2006, an increase of 6.4% in volume and 0.5% in value over the corresponding period to January 2005.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
February 2006 6 April 2006
March 2006 5 May 2006
April 2006 5 June 2006
May 2006 4 July 2006
June 2006 4 August 2006
July 2006 4 September 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 decreased 0.6% on December 2005 and 1.2% on January 2005. The trend estimate for total red and rosé wine sales decreased 1.0% on December 2005 and 3.2% on January 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 0.8% on December 2005, but increased 2.4% on January 2005. The trend estimate for red and rosé wine sales in glass containers of less than 2 litres decreased 1.4% on December 2005 and 2.4% on January 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 decreased 0.4% on December 2005 and 4.3% on January 2005. The trend estimate for red and rosé wine in soft packs decreased 0.3% on December 2005 and 4.1% on January 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, 45.7 million litres of Australian produced wine were exported in January 2006, a decrease of 26.6% on December 2005 and 0.3% on January 2005. In January 2006, 16.3 million litres of Australian produced white table wine were exported, a decrease of 27.2% on December 2005, but an increase of 5.6% on January 2005. Australia exported 28.5 million litres of Australian produced red and rosé table wine in January 2006, a decrease of 25.7% on December 2005 and 4.2% on January 2005.

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




UNIT VALUE OF WINE EXPORTS

In original terms, 45.7 million litres of wine valued at $173.0m were exported in January 2006, a decrease of 26.6% in quantity and 27.8% in value on December 2005. The average value of Australian wine exported in January 2006 was $3.78 per litre, down from $3.95 per litre in January 2005, and $3.85 per litre in December 2005.

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 January, the value reported by the ABS was $173.0m, while the AWBC value was $177.1m. 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, 1.4 million litres of wine, valued at $14.1 million were imported in January 2006, a decrease of 58.8% in quantity and 46.7% in value on December 2005. The average value of wine imports cleared for home consumption in January 2006 was $10.11 per litre, up from $7.98 per litre in January 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 December quarter 2005 shows that wine available for consumption in Australia increased 2.0% on the same quarter in 2004. Domestic sales of Australian wine increased 0.2%, and wine imports increased 29.1%. Total disposals of Australian produced wine increased by 3.5% on the same quarter in 2004 with exports increasing by 6.0%.

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
Dec Qtr 2004
125 801
7 984
133 785
168 182
293 983
Dec Qtr 2005
126 103
r10 305
r136 408
r178 214
r304 317

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