New Year marks record liquor sales!
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On the occasion of New Year eve, this year, record sales of Alcohol worth Rs.230 crore has been sold out in the state of Andhra Pradesh. In AP state, the liquor outlets sell Rs.40 crore worth of alcohol, per day on an average. Bizarrely, on 31st alone, the sales have gone up to Rs.230 crore.
Liquor stock worth Rs. 468.29 crores, has been shifted from depots to shops from December 26th to 31st. There is a 12.96 percent increase to what it is in 2016. 50 percent of the stock that is shifted to shops from December 26th has been sold out by 31st itself.
The Beer sales have increased while liquor sales came down in comparison to the last year. In the year 2016, December, 10, 59,960 liquor cases and 3, 52,540 beer cases were sold out. In 2017, December, 9, 02,289 liquor cases and 4, 66,802 beer cases have been sold out.
Alone in Krishna and Guntur districts, a Rs.102.38 crore of Liquor got sold from Dec 26th to 31st. On 31st of December alone, around Rs.50 crore worth Alcohol has been sold out in Capital Region.
