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Chilean bulk wine remains solid in the world wine market

June 6, 2019

The bulk wine market continues to be solid and robust for the Chilean wine industry. According to experts, its main risk lies in its high dependence on product availability in foreign markets and variations in international demand. In the period from January to May 2019, 140.7 million liters of wine were exported in bulk, which meant a fall of 19.3% compared to the first five months of last year. However, shipments in value accumulated sales of US $ 140.7 million,…

Chilean wine exports decrease in first quarter 2019

May 28, 2019

Cortahojas Wines

Irregular performance showed exports of bottled Chilean wine during the first three months of the year. In the first quarter of 2019, the value of shipments abroad of this product had a drop of 6.1% with US $ 341.7 million. While the volume also decreased by 4.5%, with 12 million boxes. The lower registered dynamism was due to different factors. On the one hand, the “commercial war” has generated a climate of uncertainty, especially in China and the Chinese are…

2019 a great year for bulk wine

May 24, 2019

Cortahojas Wines

Surprising has been the evolution of exports of Chilean wine since 2018. After a year of short harvest, both in Chile and in the other main producers of the new continent as well as the old, a decrease in sales volume was expected, logical increase and, of this, an opportunity to improve the positioning of Chilean wines; gain in value and image, even if lost in volume. Some of that has happened, both in Chile and in countries such as…

Commercial war and Chilean export wine .. where are we going?

May 17, 2019

Cortahojas Wines

When the trade war between the US and China began, Chilean wines looked with some optimism at the situation. However, over the months it seems that this situation no longer represents an opportunity, at least, for Chilean wine. Last year, mid-2018, skirmishes began among the world’s largest economies, it was thought that the confrontation could favor the Chilean wine industry, especially export wines and in particular premium wines, after the Asian giant imposed an additional tax of 15% on American…