Which goods and breakdowns are available in this UK dataset?

The dataset covers UK beer and spirits production, clearances of wine, cider and spirits by strength band, cigarettes, cigars, hand-rolling tobacco, petrol, diesel, biofuels and gas oil.

How often are UK clearances updated and how far back do they go?

HM Revenue & Customs publishes these UK excise statistics on a monthly basis, with historical series available in the table since 1990.

How do UK clearances differ from UK duty receipts?

UK clearances record physical volumes such as litres of alcohol, million sticks or tonnes released for consumption, whereas tax receipts record sterling revenue received by the Exchequer.

UK alcohol, tobacco and fuel clearances

Name: UK alcohol, tobacco and fuel clearances
Creator: HM Revenue & Customs (uktradeinfo)
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Monthly quantities of alcohol, tobacco and hydrocarbon oils released for consumption in the UK, from HMRC's Alcohol, Tobacco and Hydrocarbon Oils Bulletins: beer and spirits production, alcohol clearances by strength since the August 2023 duty reform, cigarette and tobacco clearances since 1991, and petrol, diesel, biofuel, gas oil and road fuel gas volumes since 1990.

Source: HM Revenue & Customs (uktradeinfo)Last updated: Sep 24, 2026, 09:30Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023	07-2023	06-2023
UK beer production	351,415,366.08	325,898,659.01	319,756,941.9	301,209,277.08	183,052,345.57	301,937,674.47	321,354,585.74	315,951,914.19	316,344,544.32	303,017,253.11	369,489,420.14	402,068,337.45	382,884,161.54	348,065,219.51	341,598,299.84	335,402,238.4	227,814,152.47	211,921,193.39	364,538,762.63	370,102,601.94	331,538,283.24	268,456,878.19	311,477,314.39	307,533,418.24	338,932,712.34	331,720,480.91	310,013,808.31	292,091,736.9	256,588,504.4	210,725,001.74	288,996,865.42	308,077,367.72	281,716,670.38	247,244,295.67	44,585,490.58
UK beer production, alcohol content	15,208,184.13	13,951,953.85	13,779,181.45	12,814,459.99	7,738,158.2	13,011,587.7	13,838,362.03	13,719,968.97	13,715,495.09	13,160,889.49	15,899,006.9	17,200,073.38	16,338,575.86	14,975,365.09	14,531,954.54	14,326,885.61	9,692,067.36	9,708,635.14	15,619,140.67	16,059,287.14	14,485,611.16	12,174,949.66	14,129,898.44	14,079,504.02	14,607,194.37	15,179,039.7	13,977,738.21	12,918,917.25	12,155,924.96	9,508,265.79	13,184,984.2	14,168,748.85	13,509,860.7	11,381,607.71	1,976,901.73
Beer clearances by strength4
Total	17,502,702.25	16,241,020.26	15,455,960.83	14,037,725.32	7,378,201.02	16,530,842.08	16,642,383.33	15,244,314.45	15,516,244.89	14,219,044.45	15,433,118.03	16,962,484.84	15,552,325.22	17,120,170.67	15,972,144.78	14,190,574.32	8,597,202.86	15,803,613.44	16,407,092.78	16,138,555.61	16,134,594.79	13,939,179.65	16,315,904.55	16,988,262.02	16,784,849.78	18,553,349.91	15,424,455.58	15,421,648.03	13,232,919.28	10,656,590.4	16,682,522.58	17,187,329.88	15,428,832.15	13,536,146.79	12,857,902.58
Less than 3.5% ABV	2,279,503.92	2,269,177.12	2,082,258.75	2,008,702.86	994,029.58	2,001,025.33	1,613,918.7	1,399,025.25	1,493,830	1,464,237.18	1,530,168.79	1,686,254.64	1,477,406.11	1,684,945.77	1,543,711.7	1,211,215.52	746,845.97	1,215,225.36	1,132,305.69	1,176,652.9	1,174,636.35	1,083,438.08	1,123,745.99	1,147,845.86	1,065,791.66	1,113,502.98	1,103,631.29	1,060,852.82	872,666.48	565,701.06	692,448.21	745,256.31	715,739.93	487,823.95	212,595.65
3.5% to less than 8.5% ABV	15,210,860.71	13,954,972.33	13,359,046.92	12,017,367.61	6,373,467.7	14,516,834.3	15,012,269.08	13,827,648.04	14,003,251.87	12,741,841.38	13,893,117.45	15,264,772.27	14,058,740.84	15,420,303.57	14,413,133.67	12,966,011.34	7,838,701.02	14,574,918.25	15,257,053.13	14,939,118.07	14,940,687.04	12,843,712.25	15,181,285.48	15,828,730.82	15,696,373.82	17,426,632.6	14,305,758.4	14,345,739.41	12,347,245.23	10,081,120.86	15,975,271.91	16,419,290.47	14,691,917.81	13,036,168.1	12,630,481.13
8.5% ABV and above	12,337.63	16,870.81	14,655.16	11,654.85	10,703.74	12,982.45	16,195.55	17,641.16	19,163.01	12,965.89	9,831.79	11,457.93	16,178.27	14,921.33	15,299.41	13,347.46	11,655.87	13,469.84	17,733.96	22,784.64	19,271.4	12,029.32	10,873.09	11,685.34	22,684.29	13,214.32	15,065.89	15,055.79	13,007.58	9,768.48	14,802.46	22,783.11	21,174.41	12,154.74	14,825.81
Cider clearances	3,092,036.35	2,824,171.83	2,673,830.62	2,134,415.82	900,779.5	3,488,764.97	2,534,071.91	2,304,764.91	2,498,128.8	2,349,630.93	2,576,924.73	3,101,260.72	2,743,509.3	3,015,720.84	2,616,058.94	2,074,679.57	1,155,233.59	3,271,732.65	2,489,535.52	2,512,625.5	2,576,554.98	2,117,202.33	2,786,777.35	2,854,687.7	2,870,633.33	3,128,925.22	2,508,883.53	2,334,252.8	2,070,325	1,723,178.88	2,434,864.43	2,479,629.18	2,233,800.57	2,000,732.29	1,726,955.57
Wine clearances by strength3
Total	11,767,338.96	11,120,047.03	11,036,468.58	11,921,106.32	8,008,637.97	11,695,098.53	14,871,081.94	14,739,585.17	14,615,002.01	11,408,316.71	10,830,848.01	12,333,597.05	11,743,505.88	11,343,846.11	11,759,334.67	10,470,345.08	7,998,821.34	14,019,678.7	15,181,395.32	15,768,084.61	15,121,637.62	11,532,483.29	12,387,912.8	12,326,363.51	11,841,036.01	12,950,858.58	12,428,395.59	12,805,512.5	10,233,397.85	9,012,038.32	14,159,059.79	15,315,251.92	12,271,146.61	10,362,608.75	7,619,606.23
8.5% ABV and above	11,525,537.13	10,903,714.24	10,858,175.45	11,736,812.65	7,889,701.77	11,497,092.6	14,560,360.29	14,486,032.61	14,382,115.06	11,225,654.3	10,666,847.97	12,106,492.44	11,566,140.99	11,199,852.19	11,608,686.56	10,339,518.71	7,910,938.66	13,891,129.44	14,954,828.92	15,535,255.1	14,926,537.9	11,390,988.99	12,244,010.23	12,164,567.86	11,656,687.55	12,755,325.13	12,263,451.65	12,633,231.85	10,117,433.68	8,898,398.64	13,925,721.41	15,077,443.35	12,078,181.93	10,225,059.09	7,477,966.85
Less than 8.5% ABV	241,801.83	216,332.8	178,293.12	184,293.68	118,936.2	198,005.93	310,721.65	253,552.56	232,886.95	182,662.4	164,000.04	227,104.61	177,364.9	143,993.92	150,648.11	130,826.37	87,882.68	128,549.26	226,566.4	232,829.51	195,099.72	141,494.3	143,902.57	161,795.66	184,348.45	195,533.45	164,943.93	172,280.66	115,964.17	113,639.68	233,338.38	237,808.58	192,964.68	137,549.65	141,639.38
Other fermented products clearances by strength3
Total	1,267,051.94	1,280,877.3	941,069.38	665,812.57	250,465.94	1,343,361.95	1,094,548.17	1,062,753.3	982,810.68	872,155.02	1,038,868.11	1,275,591.48	1,057,458.4	1,142,486.97	847,848.83	690,406.51	499,503.44	1,184,547.29	1,022,955.84	1,071,744.71	996,753.91	795,620.56	1,086,401.39	1,180,967.22	1,168,118.88	1,349,968.92	924,803.66	888,919.82	744,678.61	738,772.41	982,461.71	980,063.75	865,199.34	745,934.36	654,029.87
8.5% ABV and above	333,155.95	367,460.22	252,412.72	198,023.53	81,467.52	462,770.26	375,815.07	366,884	318,552.81	278,725.74	261,418.89	275,765.49	250,670.46	227,856.23	227,701.79	219,114.89	89,373.41	449,736.92	355,560.05	336,445.07	282,267.42	240,896.16	226,303.18	260,754.39	289,554.98	307,804.38	227,498.74	212,028.1	228,470.94	247,108.56	271,798.73	276,044.89	120,882.35	125,449.58	92,908.26
Less than 8.5% ABV	933,895.99	913,417.09	688,656.66	467,789.04	168,998.42	880,591.69	718,733.09	695,869.3	664,257.87	593,429.28	777,449.22	999,825.99	806,787.94	914,630.74	620,147.04	471,291.62	410,130.03	734,810.37	667,395.79	735,299.64	714,486.5	554,724.41	860,098.21	920,212.83	878,563.89	1,042,164.54	697,304.92	676,891.73	516,207.67	491,663.86	710,662.99	704,018.86	744,316.99	620,484.78	561,121.61
UK potable spirits production	111,710,394.4			123,653,534			122,331,020.27			127,788,449.38			157,881,382.87			147,821,661.02			162,423,223.9			186,151,307.5			162,003,488			177,744,284.4			139,397,858			173,201,521
Spirits clearances by strength5
Total	10,674,083.31	9,881,213.79	8,657,338.5	8,086,521.98	6,135,596.42	13,035,354.67	12,293,347.94	14,184,399.41	14,334,716.84	10,310,010.09	9,313,857.28	10,024,298.21	10,542,437.35	10,176,885.74	8,808,201.83	7,629,173.26	4,850,900.18	14,144,256.82	12,738,588.99	16,378,855.37	13,789,739.84	10,406,610.33	10,277,247.37	10,546,604.15	10,375,944.24	11,125,410.42	9,786,179.8	10,127,156.42	8,445,796.51	6,402,063.72	12,606,082.99	14,371,758.63	10,885,008.19	7,632,937.81	5,161,527.44
Less than 3.5% ABV	143,619.29	120,900.29	93,174.63	81,638.78	39,074.39	134,536.56	128,731.29	107,288.6	98,674.87	100,548.67	110,507.91	144,685.16	115,088.76	119,835.89	70,263.77	49,385.28	16,081.77	150,054.7	75,747.06	85,615.6	64,877.04	68,018.72	76,346.78	81,556.76	72,003.49	65,790.7	57,065.4	53,176.7	44,095.27	33,694.96	45,277.7	42,825.47	39,267.91	47,380.87	38,599.73
3.5% to less than 8.5% ABV	730,700.36	610,098.16	465,041.42	385,265.54	228,836.23	362,206.11	378,723.14	417,481.54	404,750.92	365,680.67	506,009.42	694,972.48	666,672.05	617,474.36	438,316.3	357,624.99	257,475.94	399,936.67	408,261.54	481,220.34	406,222.42	391,227.69	567,921.4	544,798.07	508,518.49	548,925.2	395,469.55	314,303.89	281,064.48	207,263.21	300,307.45	350,298.29	327,797.32	276,719.04	393,484.1
8.5% to less than 22% ABV	998,615.34	869,754.22	746,285.32	654,652.48	407,612.4	599,024.76	1,147,842.74	1,695,770.51	1,607,420.01	961,241.88	575,123.72	623,195.9	621,192.1	569,514.83	531,094.72	463,440.67	269,571.72	720,123.45	1,153,608.9	1,833,045.4	1,574,334.34	782,534.48	587,102.28	553,321.54	548,793.92	564,143.14	538,406.37	602,174.95	436,258.84	418,830.01	1,256,034.06	1,802,326.02	1,110,911.11	807,863.61	466,748.32
22% ABV and above	8,801,148.32	8,280,461.12	7,352,837.13	6,964,965.18	5,460,073.4	11,939,587.24	10,638,050.77	11,963,858.76	12,223,871.04	8,882,538.87	8,122,216.22	8,561,444.67	9,139,484.44	8,870,060.66	7,768,527.03	6,758,722.32	4,307,770.75	12,874,141.99	11,100,971.49	13,978,974.04	11,744,306.04	9,164,829.44	9,045,876.9	9,366,927.78	9,246,628.34	9,946,551.38	8,795,238.48	9,157,500.89	7,684,377.92	5,742,275.54	11,004,463.78	12,176,308.85	9,407,031.85	6,500,974.29	4,262,695.3
Cigarette clearances	1,607	1,000.19	894.22	1,155.56	913.86	788.24	709.79	1,035.86	962.81	983.95	1,247.52	1,054.08	1,305.63	1,089.53	977.73	1,371.88	696.24	1,214.09	1,019.96	859.36	1,235.62	1,105.05	1,379.95	1,460.12	1,353.97	1,060.68	820.99	1,446.62	1,100.32	1,122.89	1,631.6	1,341.47	1,246.89	1,342.87	1,791.4	1,708.58	1,714.83
Non-cigarette tobacco clearances4
Total	425.65	348.89	320.59	289.28	286.15	168.05	194.2	388.2	337.09	443.24	357.33	368.56	389.91	378.87	338.86	375.58	349.34	264.34	325.46	231.76	567.93	454.47	512.82	437.03	508.83	430.16	267.35	484.2	551.17	439.31	509.52	610.28	512.97	524.07	623.51	545.16	706.07
Cigars	36.8	32.63	31.74	30.87	25.77	25.24	25.07	39.31	31.86	31.38	26.75	39.54	34.21	31.81	31.04	36.54	23.31	30.87	17.91	12.27	65.47	43.28	39.13	38.19	33.64	31.31	23.21	34.14	48.72	20.25	29.05	50.42	36.32	31.23	41.75	29.6	30.09
Hand-rolling tobacco	374.52	299.72	266.26	236.85	230.6	140.33	154.29	317.95	282.36	367.25	327.64	307.46	349.61	319.63	304.05	321.77	306.89	204.51	291.16	205.29	466.26	384.24	440.77	374.72	444.15	372.86	215.85	434.57	467.45	402.09	454.6	542	458.95	484.45	551.94	494.57	675.22
Other tobacco	14.32	16.54	22.59	21.56	29.78	2.48	14.84	30.93	22.87	44.61	2.94	21.57	6.09	27.44	3.76	17.26	19.15	28.95	16.39	14.2	36.2	26.96	32.91	24.11	31.04	25.99	28.29	15.48	35	16.98	25.87	17.86	17.7	8.39	29.81	21	0.75
Total hydrocarbon oils released for consumption	3,947.93	3,985.47	4,177.12	3,857.4	3,989.2	3,732.89	3,995.77	4,134.38	4,045.78	4,147.66	4,140.98	3,804.11	3,712.67	4,320.42	3,967.6	3,818.39	4,549.92	3,556.68	3,819.73	4,201.68	4,123.99	4,123.96	4,141.09	3,944.08	4,277.77	4,061.88	4,015.62	3,844.07	4,145.36	3,621.63	4,103.28	4,102.28	3,987.17	4,222.26	4,101.31	4,120.43	4,170.42
Petrol released for consumption3
Total	1,561.98	1,579.2	1,556.03	1,472.85	1,536.96	1,538.69	1,546.28	1,559.2	1,535.03	1,643.37	1,523.38	1,438.87	1,451.2	1,653.05	1,509	1,406.15	1,621.38	1,446.67	1,476.11	1,567.18	1,507.36	1,528.08	1,487.28	1,490.58	1,563.26	1,468.27	1,471.39	1,350.79	1,476.67	1,416.35	1,456.24	1,467.24	1,427.61	1,481.81	1,462.34	1,469.22	1,465.51
Unleaded petrol	1,419.37	1,436.21	1,407.44	1,341.08	1,396.56	1,403.05	1,405.57	1,422.06	1,401.83	1,504.32	1,382.24	1,313.86	1,314.44	1,509.32	1,378.4	1,285.73	1,480.77	1,327.6	1,348.08	1,436.12	1,379.64	1,395.83	1,355.13	1,358.72	1,427.58	1,345.98	1,349.05	1,240.47	1,354.77	1,296.7	1,331.21	1,343.39	1,303.38	1,356.76	1,337.95	1,347.03	1,341.55
Bioethanol	142.61	142.99	148.59	131.77	140.39	135.64	140.71	137.14	133.21	139.05	141.14	125.01	136.76	143.73	130.6	120.42	140.61	119.07	128.03	131.06	127.72	132.25	132.14	131.86	135.67	122.3	122.34	110.33	121.9	119.64	125.03	123.85	124.23	125.05	124.39	122.19	123.96
Diesel released for consumption3
Total	2,191.78	2,139.88	2,426.07	2,221.3	2,307.88	2,083.76	2,313.61	2,418.28	2,321.18	2,295.32	2,347.13	2,212.67	2,100.76	2,446.59	2,246.97	2,224.98	2,757.05	2,005.11	2,215.07	2,420.41	2,396.46	2,336.32	2,385.63	2,287.15	2,476.54	2,397.05	2,391.61	2,299.09	2,514.46	2,101.76	2,505.2	2,497.41	2,361.67	2,450.3	2,462.55	2,477.15	2,514.93
Diesel	2,100.43	2,025.77	2,326.69	2,157.04	2,240.92	2,021.55	2,256.3	2,364.68	2,260.11	2,220.22	2,254.95	2,151.44	2,047.11	2,383.64	2,180.27	2,188.78	2,706.54	1,967.94	2,152.4	2,352.86	2,333.41	2,267.89	2,327.77	2,210.89	2,406.66	2,308.71	2,304.7	2,228.53	2,439.99	2,079.6	2,418.52	2,405.16	2,248.72	2,324.36	2,341.83	2,330.7	2,386.2
Biodiesel and bioblended	91.34	114.1	99.38	64.26	66.96	62.21	57.31	53.6	61.07	75.1	92.18	61.22	53.66	62.95	66.71	36.2	50.51	37.18	62.67	67.55	63.05	68.43	57.86	76.26	69.88	88.35	86.91	70.55	74.47	22.17	86.68	92.25	112.95	125.94	120.72	146.45	128.74
Gas oil (red diesel) released for consumption	193.08	220.85	196.49	153.07	140.32	108.83	123.75	162.22	186.22	206.67	253.32	158.64	152.61	214.06	189.98	176.41	163.44	99.27	132.09	207.07	213.81	239.97	253.64	159.89	227.35	187.76	138.72	135.94	137.24	98.44	134.28	118.21	169.13	267.95	160.05	156	175.42
Fuel oil released for consumption	-4.03	36.12	3.1	3.77	1.78	-1.02	7.62	-8.59	3.88	-1.49	10.03	-9.23	4.91	0.49	2.62	2	0.38	-0.27	-7.75	-0.54	2.98	11.7	6.04	-2.01	2.24	0.84	7.04	4.48	9.32	-1.14	2.19	11.35	20.12	14.1	9.35	8.31	3.55
Road fuel gases released for consumption	0.44	6.38	7.42	24.17	5.79	7.36	23.95	6.4	7.66	21.85	6.9	8.5	22.77	7.17	7.79	22.46	6.31	7.34	22.67	6.94	7.14	22.89	6.29	6.87	22.9	6.44	6.78	22.44	6.09	6.74	21.82	6.8	6.91	21.2	6.42	7.51	20.72

Latest reading

Total hydrocarbon oils released for consumption stood at 3,947.93 Million litres in Jun 2026. That is −0.9% from May 2026 and +6.3% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1990 to Jun 2026. Source: HM Revenue & Customs (uktradeinfo).

Latest: 3,947.93 Million litres; Jun 2026
vs previous period: −0.9%; May 2026
vs a year earlier: +6.3%

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Frequently asked questions

What do UK excise clearances measure?: UK excise clearances measure the physical quantities of alcohol, tobacco and hydrocarbon oils released for consumption on the home market upon payment of excise duty.
Which goods and breakdowns are available in this UK dataset?: The dataset covers UK beer and spirits production, clearances of wine, cider and spirits by strength band, cigarettes, cigars, hand-rolling tobacco, petrol, diesel, biofuels and gas oil.
How often are UK clearances updated and how far back do they go?: HM Revenue & Customs publishes these UK excise statistics on a monthly basis, with historical series available in the table since 1990.
How do UK clearances differ from UK duty receipts?: UK clearances record physical volumes such as litres of alcohol, million sticks or tonnes released for consumption, whereas tax receipts record sterling revenue received by the Exchequer.