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Upbeat Results For most states, Fiscal Year 2013 runs through the middle of the 2013 calendar year (actually from mid2012 through mid-2013), and, for that time period, control state operations continued to deliver positive results, as they have since we began tabulating these results almost two decades ago. Total gross sales grew by 5.2% between FY 2012 and FY 2013 (after significantly adjusting for the large Washington State statistics reported in FY 2012, but not in FY 2013), to more than $9 billion (from the adjusted $8.6 billion in FY 2012). The overall gross revenue gain essentially matched the FY 2012 aggregate revenue increase (up 5.3%). Overall revenue contribution to state coffers by control jurisdictions (again, adjusted to reflect like comparisons) increased by 5.3% to $2.69 billion (from an adjusted $2.55 billion in FY 2012). Distilled spirits case volume rose 3.3% to 46.9 million cases in FY 2013 (from an adjusted 45.4 million cases in FY 2012). After decreasing in FY 2012, overall operating expenses increased a modest 3.3% in FY 2013, to $1.01 billion (from an adjusted $981.3 million). Once again, employment among control state agencies showed a mixed picture. Overall, four jurisdictions slightly decreased staff, four remained the same, while 10 slightly increased staff. And this year, ten states added Ranked According To Fiscal Year 2013 Sales Rank Reported FY '13 Sales (Millions $ to nearest tenth) 1 . . . . . . . . . .Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,170.0 2 . . . . . . . . . .Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,100.0 3 . . . . . . . . . .Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$868.8 4 . . . . . . . . . .North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$827.7 5 . . . . . . . . . .Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$769.0 6 . . . . . . . . . .New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$594.8 7 . . . . . . . . . .Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$497.6 8 . . . . . . . . . .Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$391.2.0 9 . . . . . . . . . .Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$346.8 10 . . . . . . . . .Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$282.2 11 . . . . . . . . .Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$259.3 12 . . . . . . . . .Montgomery Cty, MD . . . . . . . . . .$259.1 13 . . . . . . . . .Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$164.5 14 . . . . . . . . .Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$138.4 15 . . . . . . . . .Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$119.0 16 . . . . . . . . .Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$97.7 17 . . . . . . . . .West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$94.4 18 . . . . . . . . .Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$68.0 State Gains Gross sales revenue gained in every control jurisdiction, some by considerable amounts. Once again, every control jurisdiction also saw its spirits case sales volumes increase, though many of the gains were modest. All but three control jurisdictions upped their revenue contributions to their state funds. Several states are notable among those that reported gains in the categories we measured. Just referencing gross sales revenue, Pennsylvania, the top-ranked control state in gross sales by more than a two-to-one margin, saw an increase of over $90 million in FY 2013. Second-ranked Michigan saw gross sales revenues jump by a hefty $70 million in FY 2013. Third-ranked Ohio upped its gross sales by almost $44 million, and North Carolina's sales grew by nearly $33 million last year. Fifth-ranked Virginia saw sales jump by $35 million, while six-ranked New Hampshire had a sales increase of more than $35 million. For its part, Utah saw its gross sales rise by almost $25 million in FY 2013. Among the 18 control jurisdictions, 15 saw their revenue contributions to various state entities increase, while three states reported decreases. In one instance (Montgomery County, MD), the decrease reflected State Source: StateWays from control state agencies 10 agencies, state stores, or retail outlets (versus six last year), six states remained the same, while only two saw a decreased number of outlets. Still, these reports for both employee head counts and outlets are fungible, since, for example, the number of private retail outlets may rise statewide while one or two state stores may have closed; at the same time, the number of full-time employees may decrease while the number of part-timers may increase. Fiscal Year 2013 (Based on all 18 jurisdictions reporting) Category FY '12 FY '13 % Change Gross Dollar Sales: (Millions) $8,599.9 $9,048.5 +5.3% Revenue Contribution: (Millions) $2,556.4 $2,692.8 +5.3% 45.4 46.9 +3.3% Operating Expenses: (Millions) $981.3.0 $1,013.3 +3.3% Distilled Spirits Sales: (Millions cases) — Washington State was not included in this year's report. All aggregate numbers for FY 2012 were readjusted so that 2012 Washington State numbers would not skew the overall statistics for 2013. A few additional adjustments were also made. StateWays I www.stateways.com I November/December 2013