Bulk wine imports to China soar by over a third
China's wine imports reached 151.1 million litres in the first three months of 2017, an 8.7% year on year increase in volume, while the value of imports dropped by 1.6%,the latest figures from the Chinese Customs have shown.
Bulk wine imports saw the biggest growth with 21.4% increase in volume and 35.6% jump in value.
Bottled wine imports in the first three months of the year rose by 5.7% in volume to 113.3 million litres while import values dropped 3.4% to US$537 million over the same period last year.
Imports of sparkling wines dropped 8.2% in volume to 2.56 million but their value increased by 13.6% to US$13.3 million year-on-year.
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