Bulk wines-premium wines… www.Cortahojas.com.-/ During May, exports of bottled Chilean wine increased by 4.9% in volume and 1.5% in value, driven mainly by the markets of China and Brazil.
In this way, exports returned to the rhythm of the first three months of the year, a situation that slowed in April, arriving in May at 5.3 million boxes of bottled wine (US $ 142 million).
In relation to the accumulated of this year (between January and May) exports increased 5.9% in volume and 4.5% in value with respect to the same month of the previous year. For its part, the average price fell only 1.3%.
The increase in wine exports to China is evident with 49% in volume and 49.3% in value), reaching the first place; The second place was Brazil (29.5% in volume and 28.2% in value), and finally in the third place USA, with US $ 16 million, with an exported volume of 7.7%.
The increase in exports in May was concentrated in the US $ 0-20 / box segment. With the good start of the year, so far in 2017 there is an increase not only in wines below US $ 40 / box, but also in the category> US $ 60 / box, both in volume (7.2% ) And value (8.4%).