January 2019: Georgia earns $15 mln by exporting 6.25 mln bottles of wine
Last month 96 companies exported wine, said the Georgian National Wine Agency. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia exported about 6.25 million bottles of wine to 24 countries in January 2019, which is a 22% increase compared to the same month of 2018, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Last month Georgia generated $15.2 million from the sale of wine abroad – 33% increase year-on-year.
The top five countries that imported the most bottles of Georgian wine in January 2019 were:
- Russia – 4,602,218 bottles
- Ukraine – 553,164 bottles
- China – 281,229 bottles
- Poland – 268,724 bottles
- Kazakhstan – 156,120 bottles
To European countries:
- Germany – 235% increase (63,210 bottles)
- Sweden – 100% increase (9,000 bottles)
- Bulgaria – 6% increase (4,500 bottles)
To traditional export markets and Asia:
- Azerbaijan - 100% increase (5,790 bottles)
- Belarus - 100% increase (43,272 bottles)
- Mongolia - 100% increase (66,012 bottles)
- Russia - 30% increase (4,602,218 bottles)
To strategic export markets:
- United States – 1,639% increase (62,609 bottles)
- Great Britain - 110% increase (7,800 bottles)
- Poland - 52% increase (268,724 bottles)
- China - 12% increase (281,229 bottles)
Last month 96 companies exported wine, said the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Meanwhile, Georgia exported 2.2 million bottles of Georgian brandy (+109%) and 4,400 bottles of Chacha (+2%) abroad in 2018.
In total, Georgia has sold $23 million worth of alcoholic beverages in January 2019, including wine, brandy, chacha and others.
Georgia takes the 19th place among the world’s top 30 wine exporting countries in 2017, says the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE), an educational organisation dedicated to encouraging economic research and analyses and exchanging ideas in wine economics.
Georgia exported about 86.2 million bottles of wine to 53 countries in 2018, which is a record high in the last 30 years, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Georgia exported 25 million bottles of wine to 43 countries in the first four months of 2018, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency. In January-April of 2018 Georgia generated about $59.2 million from the sale of wine abroad. In the reporting period 147 companies exported their wines abroad.
Georgia exported 17.7 million bottles of wine to 43 countries in the first quarter of 2018, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency. In January-March 2018 Georgia generated about $40.47 million from the sale of wine abroad.
Head of Georgia’s National Wine Agency Giorgi Samanishvili, Degustation Commission Head Ana Godabrelidze and Marketing Department Director Irakli Cholobargia attended the Berliner Wein Trophy 2018 as jury members.
Georgia exported about 12.2 million bottles of wine to 32 countries in January-February 2019, which is a 13% increase compared to the same period of 2018, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency. Last month Georgia generated $30 million from the sale of wine abroad – 21% increase year-on-year.
Georgia exported about 19.4 million bottles of wine to 37 countries in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, which is a 10% increase compared to the same period of 2018, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Georgia exported about 26 million bottles of wine to 38 countries in January-April 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 $63.2 million from the sale of wine abroad – 7% increase year-on-year.
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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.
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Liu Hui, the Chinese government’s special envoy to Eurasia says that the popularity of Georgian wine is increasing steadily in China, and “taking the situation into account, it is important for more wine to be exported to China from Georgia.”
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.