China joined top five countries importing Georgian wine
Almaty. August 9. Silkroadnews – China joined top five countries importing Georgian wine, “Business-Georgia” reports.
“As of July Georgia exported 23 932 067 bottles of wine (0.75 liters), which is 42% higher compared to the previous year data, to 44 countries. The wine exported value for the reporting period made $55.3 million, which is 16% higher compared to the same period of last year”, the publication says with reference to data by the National Wine Agency of Georgia.
The growth of exports for the reporting period has been observed for China 152% (2 475 557), Belarus – 122% (575 166), Ukraine – 72% (2 595 947), Russia – 50% (12 748 273), Poland – 29% (1 190 926), Estonia – 57% (379 650), Kyrgyzstan – 107% (163 966), Germany – 21% (174 166), Japan – 12% (101 448), UK – 44% (58 618), etc.
The list of top five exporting countries look as follows: Russia (12 748 273), Ukraine (2 595 947), China (2 475 557), Kazakhstan (1 924 046) and Poland (1 190 926 bottles).
As a whole, revenues generated from export of wine, brandy, wine materials and branded alcohol for the reporting period have amounted to $92.3 million. For the seven months of last year these revenues made $70.7 million.
