Domestic shipments by brewers for June 2024 was down by 4.8% compared to June 2023 according to the Beer Institute, bringing year-to-date shipments through June down 1.9% compared to the same period last year.
The decline follows and encouraging month of May when shipments were up 5.7% versus May of 2023.
The June 2024 estimate is 14,400,000 barrels compared to June 2023 removals of 15,127,351.
Year-to-date shipments are 76,214,402 barrels compared to shipments of 77,661,639 barrels through June of last year, a decline of nearly 1.5 million barrels.