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...
In welcome news, China 's Ministry of Commerce has announced the abolishment of tariffs on Australian wine, which became effective as of 29th March 2024. Prior to the introduction of these punitive tariffs, mainland China was Australia's most valuable export market, worth AU$1.3billion, a value...
This week has seen the Chinese government release an interim recommendation that the duties on wine are no longer necessary. This recent announcement has raised hopes that the removal of the tariffs which hit peaks of 200% on wine and resulted in Australia's annual wine exports...