Hop Stocks - Release

Hop
Stocks
Washington, D.C.

Released September 18, 2009, 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 Up 38 Percent From Last Year
The inventory of hops held by growers, dealers, and brewers on September 1, 2009, totaled
65.0 million pounds, a 38 percent increase from September 1, 2008 stocks. This is the highest inventory
reported as of September 1 since 2003, when stocks were 69.0 million pounds.
Stocks held by brewers, at 40.0 million pounds, were up 38 percent from a year ago. Stocks held by dealers
and growers on September 1, 2009, were 25.0 million pounds, up 39 percent from the stocks on hand last
year.

Stocks 1

Hops: Stocks Held by Growers, Dealers, and Brewers,
United States, 2007-2009
March 1

September 1

2007

2008

2009

2007

2008

2009

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

28,000
42,000

30,000
36,000

42,000
40,000

16,000
31,000

18,000
29,000

25,000
40,000

Total Stocks

70,000

66,000

82,000

47,000

47,000

65,000

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

Sp Cr 2 (9-09)

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