PARIS: France wine export plunged to 10.8 billion euro both in value and volume. Export to Belgium remained stable, but Chinese export dropped 17%.
In 2014, France exported 10.8 billion euros worth of wine and liquor, according to the Fédération des Exportateurs de Vins et Spiritueux français (FEVS), which is nearly 3 % lower than the year before.
Christophe Navarre, head of the FEVS, remains upbeat about the performance: “This is the third best performance ever in the history of the wine and liquor branch and the fourth year in a row we have surpassed the 10 billion euro mark.”
