Georgia exported 65 million bottles of wine to 59 countries in January-August, up by 19% YoY, the Georgian National Wine Agency reported.
By selling wine abroad Georgia generated $145 million. Revenues increased by 13%.
Exports of Georgian wine increased to the following countries: the Czech Republic (+646%, 112,236 bottles), Mongolia (+316%, 306,690 bottles), Canada (+132%, 235,888 bottles), Turkey (+156%, 77,226 bottles), UK (+73%, 435,264 bottles), Sweden (+65%, 69,280 bottles), Lithuania (+56%, 675,510 bottles), Israel (+52%, 304,827 bottles), Kazakhstan (+37%, 2,552,200 bottles) and France (+31%, 50,416 bottles).
In total 368 companies exported wine abroad in the reporting period.
Meanwhile, Georgia exported 22 million bottles of Georgian brandy (+21%) and 570,000 bottles of chacha (+115%).
In total, Georgia has sold $234 million worth of alcoholic beverages in the reporting period, including wine, brandy, chacha and others. (Agenda/Business World Magazine)