Year over year, international sales of exported wines fell by -2.2% from $39.8 billion during 2022.
The 5 biggest exporters of wine are France, Italy, Spain, Chile and Australia. Collectively, that powerful cohort of suppliers accounted for 70.5% of globally exported wine in terms of dollar sales.
Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar value of wine exported during 2023 with shipments worth $30.4 billion or 78.2% of the world’s total wine exports. Oceania’s international wine sales, led by Australia and New Zealand, came in at 6.9% ahead of Latin America at 5.7% excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
Exporters in Asia furnished 4% worth of worldwide wine exports, while suppliers in North America shipped 3.4% ahead of 1.7% of wine sales coming from Africa.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 2204 for wine made from fresh grapes.
Wine Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of wine during 2023.
- France: US$12.9 billion (33.3% of total wine exports)
- Italy: $8.4 billion (21.6%)
- Spain: $3.2 billion (8.2%)
- Chile: $1.5 billion (3.9%)
- Australia: $1.4 billion (3.6%)
- New Zealand: $1.29 billion (3.3%)
- United States: $1.23 billion (3.2%)
- Germany: $1.1 billion (2.9%)
- Portugal: $1 billion (2.6%)
- Argentina: $652.2 million (1.7%)
- Belgium: $624.9 million (1.6%)
- United Kingdom: $624.3 million (1.6%)
- South Africa: $620.2 million (1.6%)
- Singapore: $609.7 million (1.6%)
- Netherlands: $543.1 million (1.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 92% of global wine exports in 2023.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing wine exporters from 2022 to 2023 were: Singapore (up 6.4%), Netherlands (up 4.8%), Germany (up 4.3%) and Belgium (up 2.7%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported wine sales were led by: Chile (down -20.1% from 2022), Argentina (down -17.2%), United States (down -16.3%), South Africa (down -11%) and New Zealand (down -9.2%).
Countries Generating Largest Trade Surpluses from Wine
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for wine during 2023. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s wine exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- France: US$11.9 billion (net export surplus down -0.1% since 2022)
- Italy: $7.8 billion (up 0.3%)
- Spain: $2.9 billion (down -0.8%)
- Chile: $1.5 billion (down -19.7%)
- New Zealand: $1.1 billion (down -9.5%)
- Portugal: $787.9 million (up 2%)
- Australia: $745.2 million (down -4.3%)
- Argentina: $645.1 million (down -17.3%)
- South Africa: $565.8 million (down -12.4%)
- Georgia: $253.6 million (up 2.3%)
- Moldova: $131.4 million (up 8.7%)
- Hungary: $115.9 million (down -1%)
- North Macedonia: $60.5 million (up 2.7%)
- Greece: $24.9 million (down -19.7%)
- Lebanon: $12 million (down -48.1%)
“Old World Wine” leader France has the highest surplus in the international trade of wine. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms France’s strong tradition in establishing competitive advantages for this specific product category.
Countries Causing Worst Trade Deficits from Wine
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for wine during 2023. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s wine import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$5.8 billion (net export deficit down -7.3% since 2022)
- United Kingdom: -$4.4 billion (up 1.1%)
- Canada: -$1.9 billion (down -13%)
- Japan: -$1.8 billion (down -5%)
- Germany: -$1.7 billion (down -4.6%)
- Switzerland: -$1.3 billion (up 5.1%)
- mainland China: -$1.12 billion (down -19.5%)
- Netherlands: -$17 billion (up 1.6%)
- Russia: -$876 million (down -0.7%)
- Sweden: -$780.8 million (down -2.9%)
- Belgium: -$654.4 million (down -12.8%)
- Hong Kong: -$596.6 million (down -18%)
- Norway: -$516.3 million (up 3.4%)
- Denmark: -$508.4 million (down -13.3%)
- South Korea: -$505.6 million (down -13%)
“New World Wine” export leader the United States incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of wine showing strong demand for both Old World and New World labels. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for other wine-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful American consumer demand and wide-ranging tastes for different types of wines.
Searchable List of Key Wine Exporting Countries in 2023
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns below.
| Rank | Exporter | Wine Exports (US$) | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | France | $12,941,581,000 | -0.2% |
| 2. | Italy | $8,403,232,000 | +1.8% |
| 3. | Spain | $3,179,011,000 | -0.04% |
| 4. | Chile | $1,527,006,000 | -20.1% |
| 5. | Australia | $1,391,815,000 | -7.7% |
| 6. | New Zealand | $1,292,472,000 | -9.2% |
| 7. | United States | $1,225,679,000 | -16.3% |
| 8. | Germany | $1,146,076,000 | +4.3% |
| 9. | Portugal | $1,003,481,000 | +1.5% |
| 10. | Argentina | $652,195,000 | -17.2% |
| 11. | Belgium | $624,876,000 | +2.7% |
| 12. | United Kingdom | $624,323,000 | -8.7% |
| 13. | South Africa | $620,223,000 | -11% |
| 14. | Singapore | $609,727,000 | +6.4% |
| 15. | Netherlands | $543,142,000 | +4.8% |
| 16. | Hong Kong | $372,890,000 | +26% |
| 17. | Austria | $279,976,000 | +4.8% |
| 18. | Denmark | $278,060,000 | -4.8% |
| 19. | Georgia | $258,401,000 | +2.6% |
| 20. | Lithuania | $247,317,000 | +14.7% |
| 21. | Latvia | $171,905,000 | +2.4% |
| 22. | Hungary | $142,255,000 | -1% |
| 23. | Moldova | $137,490,000 | +8.5% |
| 24. | Switzerland | $108,717,000 | -27.5% |
| 25. | Greece | $107,794,000 | +3.4% |
| 26. | Canada | $93,615,000 | +10.7% |
| 27. | Thailand | $63,350,000 | -8.4% |
| 28. | Poland | $62,743,000 | +37.9% |
| 29. | North Macedonia | $62,423,000 | +3.4% |
| 30. | Israel | $53,569,000 | -18.7% |
| 31. | Romania | $38,743,000 | +3.6% |
| 32. | Slovakia | $38,281,000 | +40.7% |
| 33. | mainland China | $37,746,000 | -8% |
| 34. | Ireland | $32,933,000 | +18.5% |
| 35. | Luxembourg | $28,621,000 | -17.2% |
| 36. | Malaysia | $26,134,000 | +52.6% |
| 37. | Sweden | $25,834,000 | +2.8% |
| 38. | Estonia | $25,388,000 | +1% |
| 39. | Macao | $25,103,000 | -27.1% |
| 40. | Türkiye | $25,092,000 | +84.1% |
| 41. | Bulgaria | $24,347,000 | -16.8% |
| 42. | Finland | $24,189,000 | +16.8% |
| 43. | Serbia | $23,916,000 | +8% |
| 44. | Lebanon | $21,793,000 | -29% |
| 45. | Czech Republic | $21,685,000 | -47.1% |
| 46. | Slovenia | $21,044,000 | -10.2% |
| 47. | Croatia | $20,888,000 | +2.2% |
| 48. | Togo | $20,433,000 | -12.5% |
| 49. | Armenia | $18,261,000 | -1.6% |
| 50. | Uruguay | $15,895,000 | -13.2% |
| 51. | Panama | $15,650,000 | -10.8% |
| 52. | Ghana | $14,430,000 | +15.6% |
| 53. | Montenegro | $13,281,000 | +1.6% |
| 54. | Brazil | $11,128,000 | -21.3% |
| 55. | Norway | $8,725,000 | -15.3% |
| 56. | Ukraine | $8,704,000 | -0.1% |
| 57. | United Arab Emirates | $8,150,000 | -90.3% |
| 58. | Taiwan | $8,113,000 | +1.4% |
| 59. | Dominican Republic | $7,628,000 | +2.7% |
| 60. | Azerbaijan | $6,970,000 | +25.3% |
| 61. | Morocco | $6,843,000 | +30.9% |
| 62. | Mexico | $5,964,000 | -39% |
| 63. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $5,026,000 | +21.5% |
| 64. | Japan | $3,999,000 | -19.7% |
| 65. | Namibia | $3,329,000 | -19.4% |
| 66. | India | $2,989,000 | -41.9% |
| 67. | Russia | $2,770,000 | -46.8% |
| 68. | Uzbekistan | $2,246,000 | -45.5% |
| 69. | Sri Lanka | $2,217,000 | -15.4% |
| 70. | Jamaica | $2,192,000 | +112.6% |
| 71. | Indonesia | $1,932,000 | +851.7% |
| 72. | Kenya | $1,704,000 | -9.5% |
| 73. | Cyprus | $1,561,000 | -35.7% |
| 74. | Peru | $1,479,000 | -17.6% |
| 75. | Andorra | $1,391,000 | +147.1% |
| 76. | Tunisia | $1,382,000 | -8.8% |
| 77. | Guatemala | $1,305,000 | +5.4% |
| 78. | Mauritius | $804,000 | 0% |
| 79. | Malta | $782,000 | +176.3% |
| 80. | Burkina Faso | $778,000 | -15.3% |
| 81. | Vietnam | $714,000 | -8.8% |
| 82. | Algeria | $643,000 | +4% |
| 83. | Albania | $608,000 | 0% |
| 84. | Trinidad/Tobago | $581,000 | +3773% |
| 85. | Suriname | $555,000 | +60.4% |
| 86. | Tanzania | $513,000 | +102.8% |
| 87. | Philippines | $475,000 | -4.4% |
| 88. | Zambia | $454,000 | -43.5% |
| 89. | South Korea | $422,000 | +214.9% |
| 90. | Kazakhstan | $372,000 | -9.9% |
| 91. | St Maarten (Dutch) | $276,000 | -37% |
| 92. | Belarus | $253,000 | -65.9% |
| 93. | Syria | $210,000 | -25.5% |
| 94. | Paraguay | $188,000 | +28.8% |
| 95. | Anguilla | $172,000 | -30.9% |
| 96. | Bolivia | $167,000 | +128.8% |
| 97. | Saudi Arabia | $148,000 | 0% |
| 98. | Barbados | $133,000 | -16.9% |
| 99. | Jordan | $131,000 | -71.4% |
| 100. | Saint Kitts/Nevis | $130,000 | -56.7% |
Expanding the scope to the 100 biggest wine exporters, the fastest-growing wine exporters are Trinidad and Tobago (up 3,773% from 2022), Indonesia (up 851.7%), South Korea (up 214.9%) then Malta (up 176.3%).
The right-most column highlights the percentage change in value of wine exported from 2022 to 2023. (An entry of 0% in that column means 2022 data was unavailable at time of article publication.)
Wine Exporting Companies
Below are the world’s largest wine conglomerates. Shown within parenthesis is the country where the company is headquartered.
- Accolade Wines (Australia)
- Casella Wines (Australia)
- Concha y Toro (Chile)
- Constellation Brands (United States)
- E. & J. Gallo (United States)
- Pernod Ricard Winemakers (France)
- The Wine Group (United States)
- Treasury Wine Estates (Australia)
- Trinchero Family Estates (United States)
Based on The Drinks Business’s Top 10 Wine Brands, the following list identifies some of the world’s most popular wine brands. Each brand is owned by the wine-producing conglomerate shown within parentheses.
- Barefoot (E&J Gallo Winery)
- Gallo (E&J Gallo Winery)
- Concha y Toro (Concha y Toro)
- Robert Mondavi (Constellation Brands)
- Sutter Home (Trinchero Family Estates)
- Yellow Tail (Casella Wines)
- Hardy’s (Accolade Wines)
- Lindeman’s (Treasury Wine Estates)
- Beringer (Treasury Wine Estates)
- Jacob’s Creek (Pernod Ricard Winemakers)
See also Top Wine Importing Countries, Top Vodka Exporters, Exported Paintings and Drawings by Country and Beauty Cosmetics and Skincare Exports by Country
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on July 2, 2024
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 2, 2024
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on July 2, 2024
The Drinks Business, Top 10 Wine Brands. Accessed on July 2, 2024
Wine Spectator, FAQ on largest wine company in the world. Accessed on July 2, 2024