Summary:
Wine sales were 62.50 lakh BL, a fall of 3.28% compared to 64.62 lakh BL in the previous year. In 2017-18, country liquor sales fell 4.02% to end at 3,126.09 lakh BL compared to 3,256.99 BL in 2016-17. Consumption of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and beer also dipped by 6.81% and 15.05% to end at 1,792.56 lakh BL and 2,759.68 lakh BL versus 1,923.56 lakh BL and 3,248.43 lakh BL. Mumbai's liquor consumption trends diverge from the sales patterns for the state. Maharashtra follows a policy of discouraging liquor consumption through high prices and low sales and has one of the highest excise duty regimes in India..