8504.0 - Sales of Australian Wine and Brandy by Winemakers, Apr 2009
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 05/06/2009
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EXPORTS OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCED WINE EXPORTS OF WHITE AND RED/ROSÉ TABLE WINE In original terms, 59 million litres of Australian produced table wine were exported in April 2009, an decrease of 14.3% on March 2009 and an increase of 4.5% on April 2008. In April 2009, 23.5 million litres of Australian produced white table wine were exported, an decrease of 13.3% from last month and an increase of 15.7% on April 2008. Australian producers exported 34.5 million litres of red and rosé table wine in April 2009, a decrease of 15.0% from last month and a 1.4% decrease April 2008. UNIT VALUE OF WINE EXPORTS In original terms, the value of the wine exported this month (59 million litres) was $175.9m, a decrease of 16.2% in value from March 2009. The average value of Australian wine exported in April 2009 was $2.98 per litre, down from $3.05 per litre last month and down from $3.47 per litre in April 2008. 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 April, the value reported by the ABS was $175.9m, while the AWBC value was $175.4m. When the Australian exchange rate is moving significantly the alternative methods will result in diverging valuations. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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