Jan-May 2019: Georgia earns $87 mln by exporting 33 mln bottles of wine

Georgia exported about 33.6 million bottles of wine to 39 countries in January-May of 2019, which is a 6% increase compared to the same period of 2018, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency.

In the reporting period Georgia generated over $87 million from the sale of wine abroad – 16% increase year-on-year. 

The top five countries that imported the most bottles of Georgian wine in January-May 2019 were:

1. Russia – 21,372,581 bottles
2. Ukraine – 3,080,562 bottles
3. China – 2,972,733 bottles
4. Poland – 1,540,182 bottles
5. Kazakhstan – 1,223,256 bottles

To strategic export markets:

• United States – 126% increase (322,835 bottles)
• China - 27% increase (2,972,733 bottles)
• Poland - 18% increase (1,540,182 bottles)

Export also grew to these countries:

• France - 91% (46,254 bottles)
• Israel - 72% (131,184 bottles)
• Lithuania - 57% (270,564 bottles)
• Belarus - 47% (680,906 bottles)
• Estonia - 33% (287,582 bottles)
• The Netherlands - 27% (42,380 bottles)
• Canada - 26% (76,860 bottles)
• Mongolia - 22% (106,452 bottles)
• Germany - 9% (274,721 bottles)

Meanwhile, Georgia exported 10.7 million bottles of Georgian brandy (+60%) and 216,500 bottles of Chacha (+61%) abroad.