Georgian Wine Export Increases by 36% in January-April 2018

Georgia’s National Wine Agency (NWA) reports that in January – April  2018, 25 million bottles of wine have been exported to 43 countries worldwide, 36% more than in the same period last year.

In total, the income from wine export in January-April 2018 amounted to $59.2 million, which is 43% higher than this time in 2017.

The top five countries that imported the most bottles of Georgian wine in January-April this year are: Russia – (16246021), Ukraine -  (2389280), China – (1802792), Kazakhstan –  (1108938)   and  Poland – (1012774).

The export growth was also remarkable in European, US, Asian and other traditional markets: Japan 139% (73122), Czech Republic - 90%(21288 ), UK - 89% (40740), Kazakhstan -  84% (1108938), The Netherlands -  83% (29793), South Korea - 76% (31380), Belarus - 75% (321258), Germany - 66% (241540), Lithuania - 51% (172020), Russia - 47% (16246021),  Latvia - 32% (526380), Ukraine –  27% (2389280),  Poland  - 24% (1012774), Estonia – 19% (1858926), USA - 4% (105568)

The Georgian National Wine Agency says that, in total, 147 Georgian companies exported wine from Georgia.

Five million bottles of Georgian brandy and 84,000 bottles of chacha were exported abroad in January-April of this year.

By Thea Morrison