April 19th – The top 10 wine producing countries in Europe are France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria according to OIV data (image 1).
These 10 countries combined, exported over 6.7 million tons of wine, worth over 25.6 billion Euros in 2022. The total value of exports grew by 8.7%, but total quantity was decreased by 4.7% compared to 2021, according to the latest Eurostat data.
58% of traded wine quantities was within the EU 27 zone, however trading with the Rest of the World countries accounted for 63% of the total wine exports value (image 5)
France led the total value race with over 12 billion Euros in wine exports, followed by Italy & Spain (image 2). These three countries, account for 82% wine production, 90% value and 86% quantity of wine exports, across the top 10 European wine producing countries.
The fastest growing wine exports countries in 2022, were Greece (16.8% in value) and Hungary (22.4% in quantity). All countries, with the exception of Bulgaria, saw an increase in total value of wine exports, although for several of them, this was not followed by an increase in overall quantities (image 3).
Sparkling Wine led the product categories, in growth, with an increase of 17.7% in value and 5% in quantity. All product categories, with the exception of Must, saw growth in total exports value, but only sparkling wines coupled that with increased quantities as well (image 4).
Detailed data for each of the top 10 European wine producers, including in-depth analysis of product categories and top export destinations per country, are included in the latest report from OENsights. For more information you can visit https://oensights.com/blog/the-state-of-eu-wine-exports-2022/
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