Jan-June 2019: Georgia earns $98 mln by exporting 40 mln bottles of wine

Georgia exported about 40.5 million bottles of wine to 44 countries in January-June 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 $98 million from the sale of wine abroad – 9% increase year-on-year. 

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

1. Russia – 25,582,447 bottles
2. Ukraine – 3,752,488 bottles
3. China – 3,554,127 bottles
4. Poland – 1,821,802 bottles
5. Kazakhstan – 1,656,318 bottles

To strategic export markets:

• United States – 88% increase (354,874 bottles)
• China - 19% increase (3,554,127 bottles)
• Poland - 16% increase (1,821,802 bottles)

Export also grew to these countries:

• France - 120% (55,908 bottles)
• Lithuania - 68% (315,306 bottles)
• Mongolia – 68% (146,892 bottles)
• Belarus - 32% (889,002 bottles)
• Israel - 20% (131,184 bottles)
• Canada - 12% (83,220 bottles)
• Germany - 11% (317,771 bottles)
• Estonia - 11% (326,966 bottles)
• Russia - 6% (25,582,447 bottles)

Meanwhile, Georgia exported 12.6 million bottles of Georgian brandy (+50%) and 238,000 bottles of Chacha (+34%) abroad.