ROME: In the first nine months of the year, Italy has sold the same wine quantity in China as across the whole of 2015. According to Business Strategies/Nomisma, in September Italian wine companies achieved €90 million worth of sales in China (+ 28.1% higher than last year). In particular, sparkling wine sales grew 35% more than 2015. China remains the tenth biggest buyer of Italian wine, accounting for 5% of total exports.
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