Global sales from wine exports by country amounted to US$36.1 billion in 2019. Overall, the value of wine exports appreciated by an average 13.1% for all exporting countries since 2015 when wine shipments were valued at $31.9 billion. Year over year, wine exports decreased by -4.2% from 2018 to 2019.



Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar value of wine exports during 2019 with shipments worth $26.7 billion or 73.8% of globally exported wine. Oceania’s international wine sales, led by Australia and New Zealand, came in at 9.1% trailed by Latin America at 7.6% excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean. Exporters in North America furnished 4% worth of worldwide wine exports, while Asia shipped 3.5% ahead of 1.9% of international wine sales controlled by African providers.



For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 2204 for wine made from fresh grapes.

Countries

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of wine during 2019. France: US$11 billion (30.4% of total wine exports) Italy: $7.3 billion (20.3%) Spain: $3.1 billion (8.7%) Australia: $2.1 billion (5.8%) Chile: $1.9 billion (5.3%) United States: $1.4 billion (3.8%) New Zealand: $1.2 billion (3.4%) Germany: $1.2 billion (3.2%) Portugal: $919.7 million (2.5%) United Kingdom: $836.6 million (2.3%) Argentina: $797.6 million (2.2%) South Africa: $663 million (1.8%) Singapore: $517.9 million (1.4%) Netherlands: $393 million (1.1%) Latvia: $281.9 million (0.8%) The listed 15 countries shipped 93% of global wine exports in 2019 by value.



Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing wine exporters since 2015 were: Latvia (up 142.8%), Netherlands (up 60.7%), Australia (up 26.3%) and United Kingdom (up 24.3%).



Three top suppliers endured declines in their exported wine sales namely the United States (down -10.2%), South Africa (down -5.9%) and Argentina (down -2.4%).

Advantages

The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for wine during 2019. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s wine exports and its import purchases for that same commodity. France: US$10 billion (net export surplus up 18.5% since 2015) Italy: $6.9 billion (up 23.5%) Spain: $2.9 billion (up 3.6%) Chile: $1.9 billion (up 4.7%) Australia: $1.5 billion (up 36.7%) New Zealand: $1.1 billion (up 13.5%) Argentina: $793 million (down -2.1%) Portugal: $730.2 million (up 6.3%) South Africa: $610.7 million (down -9.7%) Georgia: $219.5 million (up 137.4%) Moldova: $92.9 million (down -3.4%) Hungary: $90.3 million (up 48.1%) North Macedonia: $50.7 million (up 17.6%) Greece: $34.9 million (down -15.1%) Latvia: $17.3 million (down -158.6%) “Old World Wine” leader France has the highest surplus in the international trade of wine. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms France’s strong tradition in establishing competitive advantages for this specific product category.

Opportunities

The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for wine during 2019. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s wine import purchases and its exports for that same commodity. United States: -US$5.1 billion (net export deficit up 25% since 2015) United Kingdom: -$3.6 billion (down -7.1%) China: -$2.4 billion (up 44.8%) Canada: -$1.9 billion (up 8.7%) Japan: -$1.8 billion (up 21.5%) Germany: -$1.7 billion (up 0.5%) Russia: -$1.2 billion (up 72.8%) Switzerland: -$1.1 billion (up 14.6%) Netherlands: -$965.1 million (up 13.8%) Belgium: -$938.5 million (up 4.2%) Hong Kong: -$931.5 million (up 20.2%) Sweden: -$735 million (up 10.7%) Denmark: -$556.8 million (up 13.2%) Norway: -$417.9 million (up 9.9%) Brazil: -$363.6 million (up 26.4%) “New World Wine” leader the United States nevertheless incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of wine, assuming that role from United Kingdom since 2015. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for other wine-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand and wide-ranging tastes for different types of wines.

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