MADRID: Spain has become the largest wine exporter in the world even exceeds Italy and France as largest exporter of the world. Between September 2013 and September 2014, Spain sold a total of 2.168 billion liters of wine (+19.9%), compared with Italy’s 2.035 billion liters (-1.7%). A year ago Italy was the top exporter with 2.071 billion bottles and Spain the second, with 1.808 billion liters.
France was in third position in terms of exported volume and top in terms of export value, much higher than both Italian and Spanish export value. From September 2013 to September 2014, France got 7.673 billion euros from wine exports on international markets, compared with 5.087 from Italy and 2.524 from Spain. Until November 2014, Spanish wine exports continued to rise, with a 22.2% increase on the year, but lower revenue was due to the fall of prices to make the product competitive on international markets.
