05 February 2004 12:47
Fed: Wine exports rebound in December: ABS
CANBERRA, Feb 5 AAP - Australian wine exports rebounded 15 per cent in December to $181 million, new figures released
today show. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the quantity of wine exported lifted 15 per cent as did the value
of the exports, following a poor November when exports dropped $60 million. For the first six months of the financial
year total exports have climbed to $1.2 billion, and are on track to break the record $2.4 billion sold overseas in
2002-03. Sales jumped 15.4 per cent to Europe and Russia and 39 per cent to North America, although sales to South-East
Asia and Oceania dropped slightly. Domestically, wine sales slipped 0.8 per cent to 33.8 million litres, although they
were still up 9.5 per cent on December 2002. White table wine sales dropped 0.9 per cent to 16.6 million litres, while
red and rose table wine sales lifted 0.1 per cent to 12 million litres. AAP sw/cbs/jlw
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