Part of his role as a lecturer at the Beijing University of
Agriculture has Li Demei casting his eye over how the wine industry in China is
developing, and he said Thursday he thought that, in the forseeable future at
least, the country would continue to rise as an importer of wines rather than
an exporter.
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China's wine industry: the numbers
AFP
01 June 2012
Part of his role as a lecturer at the Beijing University of Agriculture has Li Demei casting his eye over how the wine industry in China is developing, and he said Thursday he thought that, in the forseeable future at least, the country would continue to rise as an importer of wines rather than an exporter.
"To be honest, China's wine ‘industry' has only really existed for 10 years and it faces major problems in terms of production because of climate, rising labor cost and because the technique for making wine is still being developed," said Li, speaking on the sideline of the Vinexpo Asia-Pacific trade fair which closed Thursday.
Data on just who is producing what in China is still sketchy, Li said, due to the fact that the industry is still developing. But what Li did reveal was an interesting insight into how much wine China is imported, where it is all coming from and where it is being bought, as the following facts show.
Imports/exports of wine into China in 2001 (hundred liters):
Bottled - 2,413,745.6 imported, 16,415.8 exported
Bulk - 1,202,353.9 imported, 1,849.4 exported.
China's imported bottled wine sources for 2011, ranked in terms of volume (HL), value and value per liter:
1. France 1,178,727; US$705.48 million; US$5.99
2. Australia 326,089.9; US$193.23 million; US$5.93
3. Spain 189,716.3; US$62.07 million; US$3.27
4. Italy 188,655.8; US$77.33 million; US$4.10
5. Chile 174,788.9; US$68.72 million; US$3.93
China's top wine buying regions (HL):
1. Guangdong 4,698.9
2. Beijing 3,078.9
3. Shandong 2,172.7
4. Tianjin 1,917.6
5. Yunnan 1,205.5.
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