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The world’s wine production grew robustly in 2018, more than making up for a troublesome 2017 marked by low harvests in Italy, France, and Spain due to severe frosts and heavy rains. Most of the major wine-producing countries achieved increases of 20%, 30%, or more over 2017 and reached levels well above their averages for the decade. Italy retained its top position among wine producers with an unexpectedly strong growth of 29% over 2017 and 7.5% over the good harvest of 2016. France, Spain, Argentina, Chile, and Germany all experienced improvements of at least 23%. The United States, the fourth-largest producer, and Australia continued to stay relatively stable, while South Africa and China saw significant declines.

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(Volume in thousands of hectoliters; e.g., global production is around 292 million hl)

Country 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Italy 44,200 50,000 50,900 42,500 54,800 France 46,500 47,000 45,200 36,400 49,100 Spain 39,500 37,700 39,700 32,500 44,400

United States 23,100 21,700 23,700 23,300 23,900 Argentina 15,200 13,400 9,400 11,800 14,500 Chile 9,900 12,900 10,100 9,500 12,900

Australia 11,900 11,900 13,100 13,700 12,900 Germany 9,200 8,800 9,000 7,500 9,800 South Africa 11,500 11,200 10,500 10,800 9,500 China 11,600 11,500 11,400 11,600 9,300 Russia 4,800 5,600 5,200 6,300 6,500

Portugal 6,200 7,000 6,000 6,700 6,100 Romania 3,700 3,600 3,300 4,300 5,100 Hungary 2,400 2,600 2,500 3,200 3,600

Brazil 2,600 2,700 1,300 3,600 3,100 Rest of World 27,100 29,800 29,900 26,100 26,800 World 270,000 277,000 273,000 249,800 292,300

Note: 2018 data are provisional and are likely to change in future reports.

Source: OIV, April 2019

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