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Fiscal Year		Manufacturing Licenses							Sales Licenses
		Sake	Beer	Whisky	Wine	Others	Total		Total	Retailer
1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 (Estimate)		3,692 4,021 3,890 3,865 3,533 3,229 2,947 2,586 2,435 2,336 2,268 2,229 2,191 2,152 2,121 2,076	13 13 16 25 28 32 35 38 41 68 238 274 281 272 255 244	18 22 29 31 35 28 24 21 19 16 14 13 14	336 263 232 236 231 248 241 249 247 247 246 240 246	4,566 2,916 1,146 651 588 580 568 591 574 573 593 587 598 615 625 636	8,271 6,950 5,142 4,895 4,434 4,102 3,817 3,481 3,326 3,242 3,369 3,356 3,333 3,300 3,254 3,216		96,153 121,654 127,708 139,085 147,399 167,301 172,122 174,544 176,953 179,880 188,695 191,722 193,971 193,123 198,005 200,412	91,690 114,649 123,888 135,845 144,392 165,153 169,268 172,056 174,487 177,319 186,194 189,156 191,405 190,503 195,417 198,040

Notes:

1.    The figures up to 1955 are as of September 30 that year; the figures for 1960 onwards are as of March 31 the following year.
2.    When a licensed factory has two or more manufacturing licenses, it is categorized as a manufacturing factory for its main product. factory for its main product.
3.    Unlike the current classification, the "Whiskies," "Wines," and "Others" sections were all included in the "Others" section before 1960.

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