Hop Stocks Release

Hop
Stocks
Washington, D.C.

Released September 19, 2008, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For information on Hop Stocks call Kim Ritchie at (360) 902-1940, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PT.

September 1 Hop Stocks Unchanged from Last Year
The inventory of hops held by growers, dealers and brewers on September 1, 2008, totaled 47.0 million pounds,
unchanged from last year, but 4 percent less than September 1, 2006. As with last year, this is the lowest
September 1 inventory since 1981 when stocks were 34.4 million pounds.
Stocks held by brewers, at 29.0 million pounds, were down 6 percent from the previous year and 17 percent
below two years ago. Stocks held by growers and dealers on September 1, 2008 were 18.0 million pounds,
13 percent more than September 1, 2007 and 29 percent more than September 1, 2006.

Stocks 1

Hops: Stocks Held by Growers, Dealers, and Brewers,
United States, 2006-2008
March 1

September 1

2006

2007

2008

2006

2007

2008

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Pounds

Stocks Held by:

1

Dealers/Growers
Brewers

30,000
39,000

28,000
42,000

30,000
36,000

14,000
35,000

16,000
31,000

18,000
29,000

Total Stocks

69,000

70,000

66,000

49,000

47,000

47,000

Includes equivalent pounds of dry hops held in form of extract or pellets.

Sp Cr 2 (9-08)

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