Istat, shipments of wine, in the first half of 2019, led by the U.S. (+1.9%) and Germany (+3.7%)

As shown by Istat data, analyzed by WineNews, wine exports, in the first half of 2019, grew by 3.1%, to 3 billion euros, and, according to the elaborations of the Qualivita Wine Observatory, on Istat data, in terms of value, shipments have a positive sign for both the main destination markets: the USA, + 1.9%, for a value of over 736 million euros, and Germany, + 3.7% for 514 million euros, while the other two main destinations show a decline, United Kingdom (-1.9 %, 342 million euros) and Switzerland (-0.8%, 186 million euros). Particularly good trends were confirmed by France (+ 9.3%, for a value close to 100 million euros), which had already registered a + 10.1% on total annual exports in 2018, the Netherlands (+14 , 2%) and Japan (+ 15.0%), which thus recovers the stall shown in 2018, and exceeds 91 million euros.

Among the large non-European markets, China continues to cover a slice of reduced exports (2.1%) but with a good trend (+ 4.9%) in the first six months of 2019, while growth in the Russian market (+ 14.7%), but Canada is also doing well (+ 1.7%). Other destinations include important trends in Poland (+ 20.7%) and South Korea (+ 14.6%), which confirm the growth shown already in the year 2018 respectively of + 23.3% and +14 , 6%, but also in the Czech Republic (+ 20.2%), Spain (+ 17.1%) and Ukraine (+ 17.4%). 60% of Italian wine exports in value, on the whole, are destined for Europe (+ 3.3%), 31% for America (+ 1.4%), 7.7% for Asia ( + 8.0%).

In terms of quantity, there was an increase of +8.8% in total Italian wine exports in the first six months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018. Growth was recorded above all in Europe (+11.2%) and Asia (+19.5%), while in America there was a slight decrease in exported volumes (-0.8%), against an increase in value (+1.4%), a sign that these markets were able to affirm a higher price of the product exported.