UK Alcohol Duty Clearances and Receipts Monthly Bulletin

Monthly statistics from HM Revenue and Customs track clearances of alcohol products and the resulting duty receipts for the United Kingdom. The data is designated as National Statistics, indicating it meets official quality standards. It is published in HTML format and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Forecasting government revenue based on monthly alcohol duty receipts
• Analyzing seasonal trends in alcohol product clearances
• Modeling the impact of tax policy changes on alcohol markets
• Benchmarking UK alcohol consumption against economic indicators

Strengths

• Produced by HM Revenue and Customs, the authoritative UK tax agency.
• Designated as National Statistics, indicating high official quality standards.
• Updated monthly, providing a regular time-series for trend analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified as the last metadata update was 2026-06-17.

Provenance

Source

HM Revenue and Customs

Collection Method

Administrative data from tax clearances and duty receipts.

Freshness

Monthly updates.

Geography

United Kingdom