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- In the first four months of this year, wine exports increased by 15% and export revenues increased by 7%
In the first four months of this year, wine exports increased by 15% and export revenues increased by 7%
In January-April 2021, up to 28.3 million bottles (0.75 l) of wine were exported from Georgia to 55 countries around the world, which is 15% more than in the same period of 2020. The value of exported wine is up to $ 65 million, an increase of 7% over the same period last year.
Exports increased to Georgian wine strategic markets: Poland - 2% (1,841,192 bottles), China - 19% (1,559,533 bottles), Lietuva - 71% (356,748 bottles), USA - 2% (325,468 bottles), Estonia - 3% (228,592 bottles) ), Germany - 1% (229,527 bottles) and the UK - 6% (157,932 bottles).
Export growth is also significant in the following countries: Ukraine - 9% (3342951 bottles), Canada - 56% (96,090 bottles), Kazakhstan - 56% (1,027,114 bottles), Israel - 87% (181,820 bottles), Azerbaijan - 113% (112,025 bottles) ), Mongolia - 477% (192,480 bottles), Czech Republic - 734% (44556 bottles), Turkey - 219% (45,930 bottles), Sweden - 35% (31,544 bottles), etc.
The top five exporting countries are: Russia - 17,197,084 (growth 16%), Ukraine - 3,342,951 bottles (growth 9%), Poland - 1,841,192 (growth 2%), China - 1,559,533 bottles (growth 19%) and Kazakhstan - 1,027,114 (growth 56%) .
It should be noted that in addition to Georgian wine, 10.2 million bottles (0.5 l) of brandy and 195 thousand bottles (0.5 l) of Chacha were exported from Georgia during the four months of 2021. Revenues from the brandy exports, compared to the same period last year, increased by 12% and reached $ 19 million, while the value of exported Chacha reached $ 500 thousand, revenue growth amounted 25%.
During the above-mentioned period, 252 companies exported different amount of Georgian wine and alcoholic beverages.
In total, Georgia received revenues of 106.3 million USD as a result of exports of wine, brandy, Chacha, brandy alcohol and brandy on tap, which is 15% more than the same period last year.
Despite the pandemic, in order to maintain the growth trend of Georgian wine exports in recent years, the National Wine Agency continues to carry out marketing measures in the Georgian wine markets. Events are mainly held in remote formats.