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Wine Industry Statistics

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Highlights of 2008-09 included:

  • The total area under vines was 162,550 hectares
  • Australian winemakers crushed 1.71 million tonnes of grapes
  • Beverage wine production was 1,171 million litres
  • Domestic sales of Australian-produced and imported wine were 492.1 million litres

Snapshot1

2008

2009

Change (%)

Australian wine companies

2,320

2,420

4.3

Vineyard area (ha)2

172,676

162,550

Tonnes crushed

1,831,523

1,706,052

-6.9

Beverage wine production

(ML)

1,236.5

1,171.2

-5.3

Domestic sales (Australian wine)

(ML)

427.5

429.9

0.6

Exports

(ML)

698.0

764.3

9.5

(A$ million)

2,465.0

2,271.3

-7.9

(A$/L)

3.53

2.97

-15.9

Imports

(ML)

53.3

62.2

16.7

(A$ million)

431.4

473.4

9.7

(A$/L)

8.09

7.81

-3.5

Number of Australian wine supplier businesses

913

1,029

-12.7

1All data as of 31 December. 2Includes non-bearing vines. Sources: Winetitles, WFA, AWBC, ABS