NZ: Wine exports hit new record
NZ: Wine exports hit new record
Aug 19, 2012
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(Stuff) - Wine exports reached a record $1.18 billion in the year to June, up 8 per cent on the year before, New Zealand Wine's yearly review shows.
Demand for Kiwi wine continues to grow despite difficult international market conditions, the latest annual report from the industry body said.
Export volumes have risen 79 per cent since 2008, while domestic and export wine sales in the year to June reached a record 242 million litres, up 10 per cent in the past year.
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