China imported US$1.79 billion of alcoholic drinks from January to May 2016, a continuous strong growth (42.3%) after 2015’s yearly 34% rebounce. Wine, beer and spirit occupied aggregately 85.8% of the share (by value). Wine shared 56.2% and 24.1% in terms of import value and volume respectively. The detailed breakdown of each type of the wine products shows below: Sparkling wine’s average imported price dropped another 10% in comparison to 2015’s due to the continuous shri

2015’s imported wine sales in China gained a strong rebounce from the slump caused by China’s national anti-corruption campaign since 2013. The value and volume increased to US$2.039 billion and 5.55 million hectoliters, a growth of 34.3% and 44.6% respectively. France, Australia and Chile acquired approximately 80% of the imported bottled wine market in both value and volume (78.7% and 82.6%). Winning countries (36% to 79% increase) – South Africa and Australia top the list