December Domestic Tax Paids Up 4.6%

Dear Client:December domestic tax paid shipments just hit from the Beer Institute, and they're definitely better-than-expected -- especially following November's 4.2% drop. December tax paids were up a whopping 600,000 barrels, or 4.6% for the month, t0 13,750,000, bringing the YTD number to almost flat, at -0.5%. That's down 917,643 barrels for a total of 176,983,580 for 2014. But figuring in imports, these numbers could still put us in positive full-year territory. Recall November imports were down 2.5%, as Mexican