Amidst a challenging market, South African wines grew their market footprint by 4.3% in value, reaching $562m at the end of 2024, with the UK, Germany and Netherlands the top three export markets. Whilst the market for bottled wines proved stable, growing by 4% to reach...
The conclusion of 2024 saw Australian wine exports increase by 34% in value to $2.55 billion and by 7% in volume to 649 million litres. This positive outcome was a result of high levels of shipments to mainland China post-tariff removal in the months April to...
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has released a draft Wine Industry Code of Practice for stakeholder review. Developed in partnership with the South Australian Wine Industry Association (SAWIA) and the Australian Grape and Wine (AGW), the Wine Code has been produced to help boost safety...
The re-entry of Australian wine into mainland China has helped exports grow by 34% in value, reaching AU$2.39 billion in the 12 months to September 2024. Volume exports were also up by 7%, amounting to 643 million litres over the same period. This represents the highest...
The period July 2023-January 2024 saw a decrease of 24% in volume and 22% in value for New Zealand wine exports, with a slight recovery growth of 6% by June 2024. Although this trend is reflective of the current state of global wine consumption, New Zealand...
The Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement has been finalised. This initiative will see Australian exporters tap into a market of 58 million consumers with a combined GDP of AU$1.4 trillion. This trade agreement has been welcomed by the Australian wine industry as the UAE...
Wine bottle manufacturers from China, Chile and Mexico are facing US tariffs as the US Department of Commerce (DoC) has accused their glass wine bottle producers of selling their products in the USA at unfairly low prices. With this investigation underway since January of this year,...
China's abolishment of the wine tariff in March has seen Australian wine exports skyrocket in the months since. Following the removal of this tariff, Australian wine exports have risen by more than 675% in volume and 8300% in value, as Australia's exported wine value hit over...
In a bid to increase the market awareness of Australia’s growing certified organic industry, the Federal Government will seek to include organic wine in upcoming trade negotiations with the European Union and Japan. With EU officials scheduled to visit Australia this month, the Department of Agriculture,...
Russia is contemplating imposing a 200% duty on wine imports in order to protect the Russian wine market. This import duty would apply to wine, fortified wine and sparkling wine from ‘unfriendly’ NATO states. The Association of Winegrowers and Winemakers of Russia (AVVR) is driving this...