China Monthly Import Report on Tequila (March 2018)

China imported 238.4 tons of tequila from January to March 2018, a decrease of ten percent year on year. The imports amounted to 1.23 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 13.2 percent year on year. The average price was 5,171.6 U.S. dollars per ton, a decrease of 3.6 percent year on year.

In March alone, China imported 95.6 tons of tequila, an increase of 124.0 percent month on month. The imports amounted to 518,910 U.S. dollars, an increase of 315.9 percent month on month. The average price was 5,428.0 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 85.7 percent month on month. Compared with March 2017, there was a decrease of 16.8 percent in quantity, a decrease of 11.7 percent in value, and an increase of 6.1 percent in average price.

In terms of import origin by continents, Europe exported 2.7 tons of tequila from January to March 2018, a decrease of 11.8 percent year on year, or 13,000 U.S. dollars, a decrease of 11.3 percent year on year, at an average price of 4,779.4 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 0.6 percent year on year; South America exported 235.4 tons, a decrease of ten percent year on year, or 1.2 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 13.2 percent year on year, at an average price of 5,178.6 U.S. dollars per ton, a decrease of 3.6 percent year on year; North America exported 240 kilograms, or 790 U.S. dollars, at an average price of 3,291.7 U.S. dollars per ton.

In March alone, Europe exported 2 kilograms of tequila, or 40 U.S. dollars, at an average price of 20,000.0 U.S. dollars per ton; South America exported 95.6 tons, a decrease of 16.8 percent year on year, or 518,870 U.S. dollars, a decrease of 11.7 percent year on year, at an average price of 5,427.7 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 6.1 percent year on year.

Among all the countries and regions that exported tequila to China from January to March 2018, in terms of value, Mexico ranked first with 1.2 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 13.2 percent year on year; Spain ranked second with 8,210 U.S. dollars, an increase of 142.4 percent year on year; France ranked third with 4,707 U.S. dollars, a decrease of 58.0 percent year on year.

In March alone, Mexico ranked first with 518,870 U.S. dollars, a decrease of 11.7 percent year on year; Germany ranked second with 40 U.S. dollars.

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