By selling wine abroad Georgia generated $168 million. Revenues increased by 11% year-on-year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Georgia exported 72.5 million bottles of wine to 60 countries in January-September 2021, which is an increase of 12% compared to the same period of 2020, says the Georgian National Wine Agency.
By selling wine abroad Georgia generated $168 million. Revenues increased by 11% year-on-year.
In total 397 companies exported wine abroad in the reporting period.
Meanwhile, Georgia exported 25.5 million bottles of Georgian brandy (+17%) and 660,000 bottles of chacha (+97%) abroad in the first eight months of 2021.
In total, Georgia has sold $270 million worth of alcoholic beverages (+15%) in the reporting period, including wine, brandy, chacha and others.