Here we go again: Cider's turn to highlight anomalies in Australia's alcohol taxation system

In both absolute and per capita terms, the value and volume of cider sales increased enormously in Australia between 2007 and 2011, ranging from 150 to 188%. These increases dwarfed all other types of alcohol; the only other beverages to increase more than 10% were the absolute volume of spirits (11.8%) and wine sales (10.3%), and the absolute value of spirits sales (13.1%). Due to such strong growth, the cider market is valued at $552 million, with volume sales totalling 57 million litres