Q1 of 2019: Georgia earns $47 mln by exporting 19.4 mln bottles of wine
In total, Georgia has sold $67.7 million worth of alcoholic beverages in the Q1 of 2019, including wine, brandy, chacha and others. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
Last month Georgia generated $47 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-February 2019 were:
- Russia – 13,279,083 bottles
- Ukraine – 1,419,222 bottles
- China – 1,372,839 bottles
- Poland – 1,032,400 bottles
- Kazakhstan – 560,460 bottles
To European countries:
- Lithuania – 21% increase (134,376 bottles)
- Estonia – 18% increase (142,112 bottles)
- France – 41% increase (34,170 bottles)
- Sweden – 313% increase (9,000 bottles)
- Bulgaria – 161% (4,500 bottles)
To traditional export markets and Asia:
- Russia - 15% increase (13,279,083 bottles)
- Belarus – 36% increase (317,280 bottles)
- Mongolia - 7% increase (66,012 bottles)
To strategic export markets:
- Poland - 39% increase (1,032,400 bottles)
- China - 23% increase (1,372,839 bottles)
- United States – 165% increase (182,025 bottles)
In the Q1 of 2019, 148 companies exported wine, said the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Meanwhile, Georgia exported 6 million bottles of Georgian brandy (+74%) and 118,000 bottles of Chacha (+170%) abroad in Q1 of 2019.
In total, Georgia has sold $67.7 million worth of alcoholic beverages in the Q1 of 2019, including wine, brandy, chacha and others.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 – 6% increase year-on-year.
The wine-making sector is giving new energy to job creation and strengthening Georgian business, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at a meeting with wine-makers earlier today.
Georgian qvevri wine producers are participating in the international artisan wine fair ‘Raw Wine’ currently taking place in New York, USA on October 27-28.
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 12.1 million bottles of wine to 39 countries in January-February 2020, which is identical to last year’s data, says the Georgian National Wine Agency. By selling wine abroad Georgia generated $31 million in the first two months of 2020.