Wine exports from Australia have defied the COVID-19 pandemic by continuing to grow in all top-five markets, and increasing in overall value by four per cent to $2.998bn.
A report from Wine Australia shows that in the 12 months ended September 2020, average value of Australian wine exports also increased by four per cent, to $3.89 per litre but the volume of exports declined slightly by 0.4 per cent to 771 million litres (85.7 million cases).
The Chief Executive Officer of Wine Australia said: “Despite the unprecedented disruption that we’ve seen in markets around the world, Australian wine export volume has held reasonably steady and it is particularly pleasing to see both the overall value and the average value of exports growing during these challenging times.”