DOMESTIC WINE SALES

The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine was 36.3 million litres in March 2009, an increase of 0.1% from February 2009 and up 3.2% on March 2008. The seasonally adjusted estimate was 36.1 million litres this month, down 1.7% from February and up 4.1% on March last year.

WHITE TABLE WINE

The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced white wine was 17.4 million litres this month, 0.2% higher than last month and was 1.5% higher than March 2008. The seasonally adjusted estimate was 16.9 million litres in March, down 5.5% from February and 0.1% higher than March 2008.

RED/ROSÉ TABLE WINE

The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced red and rosé wine fell by 0.2% to 13.3 million litres this month but rising 3.2% on the same month last year. The seasonally adjusted estimate was 13.5 million litres in March, an increase of 1.7% on February and 8.6% higher than March 2008.

AUSTRALIAN WINE EXPORTS

Exports of Australian produced wine increased by 18.5% this month to 69 million litres. The value of the exported wine in March was $210.5 million, an increase of 13.1% from last month. Australia exported 727.7 million litres, with a total value of $2.5 billion in the twelve months ending March 2009. This was a fall of 1.3% in volume and a decrease of 11.6% in value over the corresponding period to March 2008.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics