SPIRITS AND READY TO DRINK (PRE-MIXED) BEVERAGES
Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, the quantity of pure alcohol available from spirits excluding ready to drink beverages (RTDs) was virtually unchanged at 24.3 million litres. The quantity of pure alcohol available for consumption in the form of RTDs decreased by 0.7% during this period, from 11.3 million litres to 11.2 million litres, continuing the downward trend seen over the last decade. In fact, pure alcohol in the form of RTDs has dropped 40% since the 2007-08 high of 18.7 million litres.
In per capita terms, consumption of alcohol from total spirits and RTDs fell from 1.95 litres to 1.80 litres (or 7.8%) over the five years to 2016-17. However, that fall in consumption can be seen to have all occurred by 2014-15 — largely due to the RTDs component which fell 16% in the three years to 2014-15 and remained steady (at around 0.57 litres per capita) since then. Per capita consumption of spirits (excluding the RTDs) also declined over the 5 years to 2016-17 (down 2.4% overall) although the annual levels have tended to fluctuate year to year.
TABLE 6: SPIRITS AND READY TO DRINK (PRE-MIXED) BEVERAGES, Pure alcohol available for consumption
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| Year ended 30 June | Spirits | RTDs | Total |
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VOLUME OF PURE ALCOHOL ('000 litres) |
|
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017 | 23 080
24 031
23 174
23 436
24 280
24 325 | 12 490
12 130
11 610
10 962
11 301
11 225 | 35 571
36 161
34 784
34 399
35 581
35 551 |
|
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF PURE ALCOHOL(a) (litres) |
|
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017 | 1.26
1.29
1.23
1.22
1.25
1.23 | 0.68
0.65
0.61
0.57
0.58
0.57 | 1.95
1.94
1.84
1.79
1.83
1.80 |
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| (a) Litres per person aged 15 years and over. |
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