OREANDA-NEWS. Georgia exported to Russia about 54 million bottles of wine for the period from January to November 2019, which is 11% more than for the same period in 2018. This is stated in data published on Thursday by the National Wine Agency of the republic.

Russia remains the main importer of Georgian wine. In second place, according to the agency, is Ukraine. For 11 months, Georgia exported more than 8.3 million bottles of wine to this country, which is 1% less than in January - November last year. China closes the top three in terms of supply of Georgian wine: since the beginning of the year, Georgia exported more than 6.3 million bottles of drink to China, 2% more than a year earlier.

The agency claims that Georgian wine exports are growing in countries such as the United States (plus 48%), the UK (plus 22%) and Belarus (plus 68%). In just 11 months, Georgia exported about 86 million bottles of this alcoholic beverage, which is 10% more than last year. The cost of exported wine amounted to $ 220 million, which is 20% more than a year earlier. 328 wine exported Georgian wine.