China Monthly Import Report on Wine (March 2018)

China imported 200,568.1 tons of wine from January to March 2018, an increase of 32.3 percent year on year. The imports amounted to 792.0 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 35.8 percent year on year. The average price was 3,948.8 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 2.6 percent year on year.

In March alone, China imported 70,211.9 tons of wine, an increase of 99.8 percent month on month. The imports amounted to 268.7 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 77.1 percent month on month. The average price was 3,826.5 U.S. dollars per ton, a decrease of 11.3 percent month on month. Compared with March 2017, there was an increase of 31.2 percent in quantity, an increase of 32.5 percent in value, and an increase of 1.1 percent in average price.

In terms of import origin by continents, Asia exported 184.0 tons of wine to China from January to March 2018, an increase of 92.4 percent year on year, or 954,899 U.S. dollars, an increase of 135.2 percent year on year, at an average price of 5,189.4 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 22.3 percent year on year; Africa exported 4,906.0 tons, an increase of 35.8 percent year on year, or 11.0 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 85.8 percent year on year, at an average price of 2,235.1 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 36.8 percent year on year; Europe exported 93,766.1 tons, an increase of 9.1 percent year on year, or 421.0 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 25.4 percent year on year, at an average price of 4,490.1 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 14.9 percent year on year; South America exported 45,968.4 tons, an increase of 35.4 percent year on year, or 103.5 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 32.7 percent year on year, at an average price of 2,252.3 U.S. dollars per ton, a decrease of 2.0 percent year on year; North America exported 3,443.5 tons, an increase of 31.0 percent year on year, or 26.8 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 36.9 percent year on year, at an average price of 7,790.2 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 4.5 percent year on year; Oceania exported 52,299.9 tons, an increase of 106.4 percent year on year, or 228.7 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 59.5 percent year on year, at an average price of 4,373.0 U.S. dollars per ton, a decrease of 22.7 percent year on year.

In March alone, Asia exported 90.8 tons of wine , an increase of 94.1 percent year on year, or 600,804 U.S. dollars, an increase of 179.5 percent year on year, at an average price of 6,613.4 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 44.0 percent year on year; Africa exported 384.7 tons, a decrease of 63.4 percent year on year, or 1.6 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 18.9 percent year on year, at an average price of 4,243.0 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 121.3 percent year on year; Europe exported 27,117.6 tons, a decrease of 11.3 percent year on year, or 126.0 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 7.6 percent year on year, at an average price of 4,646.1 U.S. dollars per ton, an increase of 21.2 percent year on year; South America exported 19,497.5 tons, an increase of 53.8 percent year on year, or 39.2 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 44.0 percent year on year, at an average price of 2,012.7 U.S. dollars per ton, a decrease of 6.4 percent year on year; North America exported 1,514.4 tons, an increase of 50.0 percent year on year, or 10.9 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 32.8 percent year on year, at an average price of 7,183.6 U.S. dollars per ton, a decrease of 11.4 percent year on year; Oceania exported 21,606.8 tons, an increase of 164.2 percent year on year, or 90.3 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 88.6 percent year on year, at an average price of 4,180.3 U.S. dollars per ton, a decrease of 28.6 percent year on year.

Among all the countries and regions that exported wine to China from January to March 2018, in terms of value, France ranked first with 282.3 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 16.6 percent year on year; Australia ranked second with 223.4 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 62.9 percent year on year; Chile ranked third with 96.6 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 34.6 percent year on year.

In March alone, Australia ranked first with 89.1 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 93.8 percent year on year; France ranked second with 81.1 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 5.8 percent year on year; Chile ranked third with 37.2 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 43.1 percent year on year.

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