France 2011 wine exports to break the record of 10.1 billion euros

Confucius News department reported that French points, French wine and spirits exporters association 14 published data showed that in 2011, the French wine (including wine and spirits and champagne) exports innovation high, the first time exceeded 10.1 billion euros.

Data showed that in 2011, the French wine export surplus increased by 9% to 8.6 billion euros ($11.3 billion), second only to the aviation industry of a 17.7 billion euro ($23.2 billion), become France's second largest trade surplus department.

French wine and spirits exporters association chairman Louis latour's press conference in Paris, points out that last year the French wine exports are the main causes prices to a larger extent to 10.5%, but sales growth is not big, only 2.4%.

In regional terms, except France outside Europe region is French wine products the biggest market, to the market last year exports reached 4.1 billion euros ($5.4 billion), 3% a year earlier. Exports to Asia, the rapid growth of the French wine products become the second largest market, exports last year at 2.5 billion euros ($3.3 billion), 29% a year earlier.

From the country to see, China up two, in the U.S. and Britain French wine after the third largest importer. And in Asia, China (including Hong Kong) has already overtaken Japan as the French wine largest export market.

In 2010, French wine exports reached 9.1 billion euros ($11.9 billion), 18.3% a year earlier; The trade surplus of 7.9 billion euros ($10.3 billion), 21.5% a year earlier.