Latvia was among the top 3 wine suppliers of Russia, instead of Italy. This was reported by RIA News Referring to the UN Comtrade database.
Lithuania ranks first in terms of supply volumes with an export of 485 million dollars, which increased its wine supply to Russia by 20.6 percent compared to the previous year, while Georgia ranks second with 112.1 million dollars and Latvia ranks third with 79.5 dollars. It was recorded that he received Increased wine exports to Russia by 18.5% during the year.
During January-August 2023, Latvia and Lithuania purchased $59.3 million worth of wine from Italy. Russia purchased wines worth $72.7 million directly from Italy. In terms of supply volume, Spain ranks fifth with $20.8 million, followed by Poland ($18.3 million). ), Germany ($11.3 million), Chile ($10.4 million), Portugal ($7.7 million) and Armenia ($6.3 million).
Before that, economist and entrepreneur Dmitry Potapenko guess The increase in the cost of Russian wine due to the disappearance from the market of cheap Spanish, French and Italian analogues and calls for reducing the costs of access to the Russian market for budget wines from Europe.
Earlier in Russia sharply augmented beer import.
Source: Gazeta
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