In 1926 the imports of cider or perry, not containing added spirit, amounted to 1,166,000 gallons.
Imports of cider and perry were 1,833,000 gallons in 1949, 1,085,000 gallons in 1950 and 720,000 gallons in 1951.
Secondly, they were ciders and perries the strength of which was obtained by special processes of manufacture.
Separate figures are not available for cider alone or for cider and perry containing added spirit.
Excise duties on spirits, beer, wine and man-made cider and perry raised £7.3 billion in 2002–03, and of this, spirits raised £2.27 billion.
You can drink beer, wine, cider, or perry in a pub, hotel, or restaurant.
Separate figures for cider and perry, strengthened to 15 degrees of proof or more, are not available.
This year's production (apart from cider apples and perry pears) may provisionally be put at 650,000 tons of apples and 27,000 tons of pears.
