Jan-July 2019: Georgia earns $114 mln by exporting 47 mln bottles of wine
Export of Georgian wine increased by 4% in the first seven months of 2019. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia exported about 47.2 million bottles of wine to 47 countries in January-July of 2019, which is a 4% increase compared to the same period of 2018, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency.
In the reporting period Georgia generated over $114.2 million from the sale of wine abroad – a 6% increase year-on-year.
The top 10 countries that imported the most bottles of Georgian wine in January-July 2019 were:
- Russia – 29,132,711 bottles
- Ukraine – 4,893,304 bottles
- China – 4,249,687 bottles
- Poland – 2,250,994 bottles
- Kazakhstan – 1,902,618 bottles
- Belarus -1,008,888
- Latvia – 841,236
- United States – 388,038
- Lithuania – 372,918
- Estonia – 357,866
To strategic export markets:
- United States – 60% increase (388,038 bottles)
- United Kingdom – 39% increase (69,662 bottles)
- China - 21% increase (4,249,687 bottles)
- Poland - 19% increase (2,250,994 bottles)
Export also grew to these countries:
- France - 143% (63,948 bottles)
- Lithuania - 41% (372,918 bottles)
- Mongolia – 35% (172,392 bottles)
- Belarus - 19% (1,008,888 bottles)
- Israel - 51% (165,671 bottles)
Meanwhile, Georgia exported 14.5 million bottles of Georgian brandy (+46%) and 306,200 bottles of Chacha (+40%) abroad.
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