Greek Wine: How exports are shaping up by country and destination

Of particular interest is the evolution of wine exports over time but also compared to the previous year, per country and per destination in the European Union or third countries.

The picture is different in each market separately, and does not follow generalized patterns, although the causes could be the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, a fact that in 2020 had a negative effect, causing an overall decline in exports, but which is "cured" in 2021 , notes in a relevant announcement from the Central Cooperative Union of Wine Products-KEOSOE.

According to the data prepared by KEOSOE, in 2021 there is a return to normal divs in the main export markets, sizes which are preferable to compare with those of 2019 and not those of 2020, a year that due to a pandemic can not be , base year for drawing safe conclusions.

The fact that there is an increase in exports in the main export markets causes satisfaction, even when the divs are compared with those of 2019.

The picture in the European Union

The first six EU countries that Greek wines are exported to represent 91.54% of total exports in value, for 2021 and are in order in terms of value Germany, Cyprus, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Germany

Improvement is observed in the performance of the top export market for Greek wine (39.47% of exports to the EU in value), since there is an increase in 2021 compared to 2020 in value by 6.19% (28,262,377 € / 2021 - 26,615,096 € / 2020), while a slight increase also by 0.15% is presented in quantity (12,187,820 kg / 2021 - 12,169,105 kg / 2020). An increase of 6.03% is also recorded in the exported average selling price (€ 2.32 / kg / 2021 - € 2.19 / kg / 2020) in 2021.

The comparison with the 5-year average shows...