Spanish wine exports January - Sept. 2006

The Spanish Wine Federation has released data on wine export trends for the year through September. These are:

Total value of exports is up by 4.4% for the period to 1.14 billion euros, while volume fell by 2.6% to 1.03 billion liters.

Exports of bottled wines continue to grow, while those of bulk declined.

Bottled wines from D.O.s: grew 8.6% in value and by 4.2% in volume
Sparkling wines: up by 3% in value and by 8.8% in volume
Bulk wines: down by 4% in value and by 9.4% in volume.
The average price per liter grew by 7.3%.

As commented on earlier in this blog, there has been a continuing trend of export of white wines (+15% in volume for D.O. whites) and in lightly sparkling wines (+110% in volume).

The leading markets are:
in terms of value of exports: Germany (buying in all categories with emphasis on D.O. wines and cava), UK (mainly D.O. wines and cava) , and the US (similar to the UK);
and in volume: France (lots of bulk wines), Germany and the UK.

In terms of average price paid per liter, the leading markets are the US, Mexico and Ireland.