Jan-Nov 2019: Georgia earns $220 mln by exporting 86 mln bottles of wine

Georgia generated $220 million from the sale of 86 million bottles of wine abroad – 20% increase compared to the same period of 2018, announces the Ministry of Agriculture.

Georgia exported wine to 53 countries in the last 11 months.

Export of wine has increased to strategic markets:

• Poland – 24% increase (3,746,092 bottles)
• China – 1% (6,323,463 bottles)
• United States – 48% (660,874 bottles)

The other top wine export countries are:

• Lithuania – 48% (653,322 bottles)
• Germany – 40% (615,723 bottles)
• Belarus – 68% (2,505,617 bottles)
• Israel – 81% (287,023 bottles)
• Estonia – 27% (648,884 bottles)
• Russia – 11% (53,964,172 bottles)
• Moldova – 8,551% (612,524 bottles)
• Netherlands – 22% (612,524 bottles)
• Czech Republic – 17% (67,584 bottles)
• Bulgaria – 23% (32,934 bottles)
• Mongolia – 5% (224,652 bottles)

323 companies exported Georgian wine in the last 11 months of 2019.

Georgia exported 585,000 bottles of Chacha (+63%) in 28 countries, says the Ministry of Agriculture..

The total income from Chacha export have reached $1,6 million (+56%) in the last 11 months of 2019.