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Spanish exports eclipse France

Written by Graham Holter   
Monday, 22 June 2009
Spain has overtaken France as the number two exporter of wines in volume terms, according to figures from the International Organization of Vine & Wine (OIV).

The data shows that Italy still leads the export charts with 17.2 million litres sold abroad in 2008. Spain exported 16.9 million litres and France 13.6 million hectolitres - though the French still lead the world with the sales value of their wine exports.

Wines from Spain said its exports had earned it €1,994m, an 8% increase on the 2007 figure. The data was provided by the Spanish Tax Agency, which also confirms that March has seen a small uplift for Spanish wine exports after a poor January and February.

According to OIV, global consumption of wine fell by 2m hectolitres last year, with the USA overtaking Italy in terms of wine consumed.

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