Jan-June 2018: Georgian wine export up 21 percent
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Georgia exported 38.2 million bottles of wine to 48 countries in the first six months of 2018, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency.
In January-June of 2018 Georgia generated about $90.3 million from the sale of wine abroad.
Revenue increased by 28 percent from January-June 2017, while the volume of exports increased by 21 percent, said the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Export growth was notable in the following countries:
- Japan – 200 percent increase (130,638 bottles)
- The Czech Republic– 134 percent (30,456 bottles)
- Kyrgyzstan –81 percent increase (140,370 bottles)
- South Korea – 78 percent increase (31,650 bottles)
- The Netherlands – 68 percent increase (38,799 bottles)
The top five countries that imported the most bottles of Georgia wine in January-March 2018 were:
- Russia – 24,022,113 bottles
- Ukraine – 4,191,217 bottles
- China – 2,975,804 bottles
- Kazakhstan – 1,652,292 bottles
- Poland – 1,573,328 bottles
In the reporting period 190 companies exported their wines abroad, said the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Meanwhile, Georgia exported 8.4 million bottles of Georgian brandy (+23 percent) and 178,000 bottles of Chacha (+100 percent) abroad in January-June 2018.
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