GLOBAL WINE EXPORTS

With nearly 86.4 million hectolitres of wine exported in 2009, the global volume of exports was marked by a 3.47 million hectolitre decrease compared with the 89.89 million hectolitres exported the previous year.

World wine exports
(distribution by continent)

List of the 10 biggest world wine
exporters
(in thousands of hectolitres)

COUNTRY

prev. 2009

in %

ITALY

18 600

21,5%

SPAIN

14 430

16,7%

FRANCE

12 513

14,5%

AUSTRALIA

7 716

8,9%

CHILE

6 935

8,0%

USA

3 983

4,6%

SOUTH AFRICA

3 958

4,6%

GERMANY

3 650

4,2%

ARGENTINA

2 827

3,3%

PORTUGAL

2 309

2,7%

WORLD TOTAL

86 429

 

Evolution of vine exports in the 10 biggest exporting countries between 2006 and 2009