CLEVELAND, Ohio – U.S. wine exports reached a record $1.62 billion in winery revenue in 2016, according to the Wine Institute’s California Wine Export Program.
Revenues were up 1 percent from a year prior. Volume amounted to 45.9 million cases – the lowest since 2012, when the amount was 45 million.
Ninety percent of the American vino being shipped out of country is from California.
Top 10 export markets for U.S. wines:
1. European Union’s 28-member countries, $685 million.
2. Canada, $431 million.
3. Hong Kong, $99 million.
4. Japan, $87 million.
5. China, $82 million.
6. Mexico, $24 million.
7. South Korea, $23 million.
8. Switzerland, $19 million.
9. Singapore, $14 million.
10. Philippines, $13 million.
The Wine Export Program encompasses more than 170 wineries that export to 138 countries.
The countries in the top 10 are very comparable to a year ago. The only difference is last year’s No. 6, Nigeria, dropped out, and the Philippines crept into the top 10.
Among the top 10 nations, only China and the Philippines showed increases in value and volume from 2015 to 2016.
The revenue figures do not correlate to volume. In 2015, volume of wine in gallons exported amounted to 121.8 million. In 2016, it was 109 million.
Here’s last year’s list
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