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Cognac and champagne are leading the boom in sales, Philippe
Casteja, president of the federation of exporters of wines and spirits
in France, said last Friday. Cognac sales have gone up 16.9 percent from
2006 and champagne 14.5 percent.
Results from the first 10 months of sales showed that
2007 will be an exceptional year, with total exports between 9.2 and 9.5
billion euros, said Casteja.
France sold 8.74 billion euros worth of wines and spirits
in 2006. Sales for 2007 have already reached 7.6 billion euros, up 9 percent
from the same period in 2006.
United States and Britain are the biggest buyers of French
wine and spirits, followed by Germany, Belgium and Japan. China, which
ranked number 15 last year, is expected to move to the Top Ten slot for
the first time.
Last year too, the exports had been aided by increase
in sales in these two categories and that boom continues.
Source: http://afp.google.com
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