GLOBAL WINE IMPORTS

With a total of 83.8 million hectolitres of imported wine, 2009 showed a slight regression of 168.000 hectolitres compared with 2008, when the total volume of wine imports

     World wine imports
    (distribution by continent)

List of the 10 biggest world wine
importers
(in thousands of hectolitres)

COUNTRY

prev. 2009

en %

GERMANY

14 110

16,8%

UK

11 859

14,2%

USA

9 219

11,0%

FRANCE

5 897

7,0%

RUSSIA

4 520

5,4%

HOLLAND

3 325

4,0%

CANADA

3 284

3,9%

BELGIUM

3 061

3,7%

SWEDEN

1 934

2,3%

DENMARK

1 929

2,3%

WORLD TOTAL

83 783

 

Evolution of vine imports in the 10 biggest importing countries between 2006 and 2009