Year over year, international purchases of wine flatlined via a -2.2% drop compared to $41 billion during 2022.
The world’s biggest 5 wine importers are the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and Japan. Collectively that cohort of major buying countries bought approaching half (46.6%) of all wine imported in 2023 by sales.
From a continental perspective, European countries bought the highest dollar worth of imported wine during 2023 valued at $20.8 billion or 51.9% of the global total. In second place were North American importers at 23.3% while another 18.7% of worldwide wine imports was delivered to customers in Asia.
Smaller percentages were delivered to Latin America (2.6%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Oceania (2.1%) led by Australia and New Zealand, then Africa (1.4%).
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code prefix for wine is 2204.
Top 15 Wine Importing Countries
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of wine during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage of worldwide imported wine.
- United States: US$7 billion (17.4% of total imported wine)
- United Kingdom: $5.1 billion (12.6%)
- Germany: $2.9 billion (7.2%)
- Canada: $2 billion (5%)
- Japan: $1.8 billion (4.5%)
- Netherlands: $1.6 billion (4%)
- Switzerland: $1.4 billion (3.4%)
- Belgium: $1.3 billion (3.2%)
- mainland China: $1.2 billion (2.9%)
- France: $1.1 billion (2.6%)
- Singapore: $980.8 million (2.4%)
- Hong Kong: $969.5 million (2.4%)
- Russia: $878.7 million (2.2%)
- Sweden: $806.6 million (2%)
- Denmark: $786.5 million (2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased almost three-quarters (73.8%) of all wine imported in 2023.
Among the above countries, the growth markets for wine from 2022 to 2023 were: Singapore (up 15.2%), Netherlands (up 2.6%) and Switzerland (up 1.5%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported wine purchases were led by: mainland China (down -19.1% from 2022), Canada (down -12.1%), Denmark (down -10.5%) and the United States of America (down -9%).
Searchable List of Wine Importing Countries in 2023
The top 100 wine importers showcased in the automated database below accounted for 99.3% of spending on globally imported wine.
| Rank | Importer | Wine Imports | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $6,991,394,000 | -9% |
| 2. | United Kingdom | $5,050,936,000 | -0.3% |
| 3. | Germany | $2,891,548,000 | -1.2% |
| 4. | Canada | $1,996,263,000 | -12.1% |
| 5. | Japan | $1,788,054,000 | -5% |
| 6. | Netherlands | $1,610,761,000 | +2.6% |
| 7. | Switzerland | $1,375,376,000 | +1.5% |
| 8. | Belgium | $1,279,251,000 | -5.9% |
| 9. | mainland China | $1,160,394,000 | -19.1% |
| 10. | France | $1,060,410,000 | -0.9% |
| 11. | Singapore | $980,773,000 | +15.2% |
| 12. | Hong Kong | $969,499,000 | -5.3% |
| 13. | Russia | $878,723,000 | -1% |
| 14. | Sweden | $806,587,000 | -2.7% |
| 15. | Denmark | $786,475,000 | -10.5% |
| 16. | Australia | $646,621,000 | -11.3% |
| 17. | Italy | $620,401,000 | +25.4% |
| 18. | Norway | $525,043,000 | +3% |
| 19. | South Korea | $506,019,000 | -12.9% |
| 20. | Brazil | $467,123,000 | +1.6% |
| 21. | India | $432,724,000 | +1196% |
| 22. | Poland | $425,795,000 | +5.9% |
| 23. | Macao | $400,820,000 | +8.8% |
| 24. | Ireland | $374,082,000 | +11.9% |
| 25. | Mexico | $345,070,000 | -13.5% |
| 26. | Spain | $320,687,000 | +7.8% |
| 27. | Austria | $319,885,000 | +15.6% |
| 28. | Lithuania | $313,837,000 | +10% |
| 29. | Czech Republic | $307,996,000 | +8.3% |
| 30. | Taiwan | $274,774,000 | -1.4% |
| 31. | Finland | $249,718,000 | -2.3% |
| 32. | United Arab Emirates | $243,210,000 | -32.8% |
| 33. | Portugal | $215,580,000 | -0.3% |
| 34. | Ukraine | $179,859,000 | +52.9% |
| 35. | Latvia | $174,242,000 | +7.4% |
| 36. | New Zealand | $154,151,000 | -7.4% |
| 37. | Romania | $142,141,000 | +15.5% |
| 38. | Luxembourg | $141,114,000 | +4.7% |
| 39. | Thailand | $112,848,000 | -3.2% |
| 40. | Malaysia | $101,685,000 | -22.8% |
| 41. | Estonia | $94,189,000 | -0.2% |
| 42. | Slovakia | $89,265,000 | +22.3% |
| 43. | Vietnam | $86,923,000 | +147.7% |
| 44. | Greece | $82,893,000 | +13.2% |
| 45. | Belarus | $81,547,000 | +37.9% |
| 46. | Dominican Republic | $79,248,000 | -18.2% |
| 47. | Colombia | $74,761,000 | -31% |
| 48. | Türkiye | $72,925,000 | +69.2% |
| 49. | Israel | $70,221,000 | -11% |
| 50. | Ivory Coast | $64,098,000 | +21% |
| 51. | Kazakhstan | $58,358,000 | +19.5% |
| 52. | South Africa | $54,428,000 | +6.4% |
| 53. | Philippines | $53,893,000 | -4% |
| 54. | Angola | $53,363,000 | -11.2% |
| 55. | Croatia | $49,343,000 | +17.5% |
| 56. | Morocco | $46,850,000 | +30.1% |
| 57. | Serbia | $46,148,000 | +20.2% |
| 58. | Peru | $45,662,000 | -14.8% |
| 59. | Bulgaria | $43,681,000 | +22.4% |
| 60. | Panama | $43,487,000 | -19.6% |
| 61. | Cyprus | $40,965,000 | +6.5% |
| 62. | Costa Rica | $39,586,000 | -1% |
| 63. | Iceland | $37,525,000 | +7.7% |
| 64. | Paraguay | $37,521,000 | -18.4% |
| 65. | Cameroon | $37,112,000 | +4.1% |
| 66. | Namibia | $36,543,000 | -31.2% |
| 67. | Ecuador | $30,267,000 | -20.5% |
| 68. | Qatar | $29,105,000 | +118.8% |
| 69. | Malta | $29,038,000 | +9.4% |
| 70. | Hungary | $26,367,000 | -1.5% |
| 71. | Bahamas | $24,920,000 | -7.2% |
| 72. | Kenya | $24,151,000 | +6.4% |
| 73. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $23,480,000 | +10.7% |
| 74. | Slovenia | $22,127,000 | +15.4% |
| 75. | Ghana | $21,611,000 | -5% |
| 76. | Albania | $20,907,000 | +4090% |
| 77. | Mauritius | $20,238,000 | -14.7% |
| 78. | Andorra | $19,605,000 | +8.7% |
| 79. | Guatemala | $18,431,000 | -24.3% |
| 80. | Bermuda | $17,268,000 | +1.1% |
| 81. | New Caledonia | $16,924,000 | -1% |
| 82. | Indonesia | $16,596,000 | +50.1% |
| 83. | Congo | $15,816,000 | +348.6% |
| 84. | Venezuela | $15,472,000 | -23% |
| 85. | French Polynesia | $15,337,000 | +1% |
| 86. | Botswana | $14,657,000 | -1.1% |
| 87. | Montenegro | $14,009,000 | +21.9% |
| 88. | Aruba | $13,865,000 | -5.8% |
| 89. | Uruguay | $13,714,000 | -13.8% |
| 90. | Cayman Islands | $13,657,000 | +0.6% |
| 91. | Maldives | $13,650,000 | -9.3% |
| 92. | Jamaica | $13,576,000 | -12.8% |
| 93. | Barbados | $12,882,000 | -13.1% |
| 94. | Mongolia | $12,359,000 | -22.7% |
| 95. | Curaçao | $12,002,000 | -5.4% |
| 96. | Cuba | $11,509,000 | -23% |
| 97. | Sri Lanka | $11,436,000 | +59.5% |
| 98. | Togo | $11,080,000 | -9.8% |
| 99. | Chile | $10,592,000 | -54.5% |
| 100. | Lebanon | $9,798,000 | +29.1% |
The fastest-growing importers among the top 100 wine markets are Albania (up 4,090% from 2022), India (up 1,196%), Congo (up 348.6%), Vietnam (up 147.7%) then Qatar (up 118.8%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the above table’s columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means 2022 data was unavailable.
Wine Imports into America
America’s global purchases of imported wine totaled US$6.99 billion in 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- France: US$2.6 billion (down -6.8% from 2022)
- Italy: $2.2 billion (down -8.8%)
- New Zealand: $624 million (up 1.9%)
- Spain: $387.6 million (down -8%)
- Australia: $297.3 million (down -11.8%)
- Argentina: $213 million (down -29.5%)
- Chile: $179.2 million (down -28.6%)
- Portugal: $125.8 million (down -10%)
- Germany: $84.2 million (down -3.4%)
- Canada: $71.5 million (up 16.7%)
- South Africa: $55.5 million (down -33.8%)
- Israel: $36.1 million (down -25.4%)
- Austria: $26.3 million (down -14%)
- Greece: $19.8 million (down -7%)
- United Kingdom: $7.4 million (down -0.1%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 99% of wine imported by the United States of America in 2023.
Among the above countries, the growth suppliers of wine to the United States from 2022 to 2023 were Canada (up 16.7%) and New Zealand (up 1.9%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their wine supplied to American importers included: South Africa (down -33.8% from 2022), Argentina (down -29.5%), Chile (down -28.6%) and Israel (down -25.4%).
Overall, the value of United States’s imported wine decreased by an average -9% from all supplying countries since 2022 when wine purchased cost $7.7 billion.
Wine Imports into the United Kingdom
United Kingdom’s global purchases of imported wine totaled US$5.05 billion in 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- France: US$1.9 billion (up 3.5% from 2022)
- Italy: $1.2 billion (up 5%)
- Spain: $442.8 million (up 8.5%)
- New Zealand: $345.3 million (up 13.8%)
- Australia: $285.3 million (down -21.9%)
- Chile: $202.4 million (down -20%)
- United States of America: $180.6 million (down -17.9%)
- South Africa: $171.7 million (down -9%)
- Argentina: $130.5 million (down -10.2%)
- Portugal: $116.5 million (up 0.3%)
- Germany: $44.5 million (up 2.1%)
- Hungary: $20.2 million (up 19.8%)
- Greece: $9.3 million (up 19.1%)
- Moldova: $5.5 million (down -18.2%)
- Ireland: $5.2 million (up 57.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.6% of wine imported by the United Kingdom in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of wine to the UK from 2022 to 2023 were: Ireland (up 57.9%), Hungary (up 19.8%), Greece (up 19.1%) and New Zealand (up 13.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their wine supplied to UK importers included: Australia (down -21.9% from 2022), Chile (down -20.0%), Moldova (down -18.2%) and the United States of America (down -17.9%).
Overall, the value of United Kingdom’s imported wine flatlined via an average 0.3% gain from all supplying countries since 2022 when wine purchased cost $5.06 billion.
Wine Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported wine totaled US$2.89 billion in 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Italy: US$1.1 billion (down -0.8% from 2022)
- France: $814.9 million (down -3.1%)
- Spain: $426.7 million (up 8.3%)
- Austria: $93.9 million (up 9.7%)
- United States of America: $72.5 million (down -19.5%)
- South Africa: $65.4 million (down -8.8%)
- Portugal: $56.1 million (up 1.3%)
- Australia: $51.4 million (down -12%)
- New Zealand: $37.7 million (up 26.3%)
- Chile: $37.4 million (down -16.6%)
- Greece: $21 million (down -26.8%)
- Hungary: $18.2 million (up 0.3%)
- North Macedonia: $12.7 million (up 3.9%)
- Argentina: $12.5 million (down -9.3%)
- Romania: $7.4 million (up 10.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.3% of wine imported by Germany in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of wine to Germany from 2022 to 2023 were: New Zealand (up 26.3%), Romania (up 10.6%), Austria (up 9.7%) and Spain (up 8.3%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their wine supplied to German importers included: Greece (down -26.8%), United States of America (down -19.5%), Chile (down -16.6%) and Australia (down -12%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported wine fell by an average -1.2% from all supplying countries since 2022 when wine purchased cost $2.93 billion.
Wine Imports into Canada
Canada’s global purchases of imported wine totaled US$2 billion in 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023
- France: US$516.2 million (down -7.5% from 2022)
- Italy: $451.1 million (down -9.6%)
- United States of America: $420.4 million (down -11.6%)
- Spain: $122.3 million (down -6%)
- Australia: $120 million (down -27.9%)
- New Zealand: $96.4 million (down -17.6%)
- Chile: $66.8 million (down -25.4%)
- Argentina: $56.5 million (down -25.1%)
- Portugal: $53.2 million (down -6.8%)
- South Africa: $32 million (down -25.8%)
- Germany: $19.1 million (down -17.5%)
- Austria: $13 million (up 12.8%)
- Greece: $9.7 million (up 19.9%)
- Moldova: $4.1 million (up 46.8%)
- Hungary: $3.7 million (up 6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.4% of wine imported by Canada in 2023.
Among the above countries, growth suppliers of wine to Canada from 2022 to 2023 were: Moldova (up 46.8%), Greece (up 19.9%), Austria (up 12.8%) and Hungary (up 6%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their wine supplied to Canadian importers included: Australia (down -27.9% from 2022), South Africa (down -25.8%), Chile (down -25.4%) and Argentina (down -25.1%).
Overall, the value of Canada’s imported wine slipped by an average -12.1% from all supplying countries since 2022 when wine purchased cost $2.3 billion.
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Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on August 20, 2024
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 20, 2024
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 20, 2024
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