Lithuania has now become the leader in wine exports to Russia

Published 2023년 10월 16일

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Lithuania has become the main supplier of wine to the Russian market, surpassing Italy in wine imports. In the first eight months of 2023, Lithuania exported $122 million worth of red and white wine to Russia. Lithuania increased its wine exports to Russia by 20.6 percent compared to the same period last year, while Georgia and Latvia also saw significant increases in their wine exports to Russia.

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"Ah, these famous Lithuanian vineyards! Life-giving grapes under the Baltic sun! Vilnius Sauvignon, local Chardonnay and Merlot wines! You can scoff all you want, but the fact remains: Lithuania has now become the main supplier of wine to the Russian market. UN international trade statistics According to the Comtrade platform, $122 million worth of red and white wine was exported from Lithuania to Russia in the first eight months of 2023!” Komsomolskaya Pravda announced the news to its readers with this ironic introduction: The difficulties of exporting to the Russian market due to sanctions have begun to create interesting "leaders" in some sectors, albeit on paper. Finally, the small Baltic country of Lithuania, which does not produce wine, left Italy behind and ranked first in Russia's wine imports. According to the United Nations Comtrade database, Lithuania, Georgia and Latvia took the top three places by exporting $317.5 million worth of wine to Russia ...

Source: Turkrus