• World wine consumption dropped slightly in 2013 to 238.7 mhl
• The United States became the biggest internal market in the world in terms of volume
The Director General of the OIV, Jean-Marie Aurand, presented information about "the assessment of the harvest, as well as the state of the market and international trade in 2013" at the Organisation's headquarters in Paris on 13 May. He also gave initial estimates of the harvests of the main countries in the southern hemisphere.
The main South American countries (Argentina, Chile and Brazil), South Africa and Romania recorded a rise in their wine consumption compared with 2012.
The reduced production in 2012 was partly responsible for the -2.2% decline in the volumes exported in 2013. Notwithstanding, the value of the world trade increased by 1.5% in 2013, attaining 25.7 billions of Euros.
In terms of value, bottled wines and sparkling wines made up the vast majority of the world wine market: 71% were still wines (18.3 billions of Euros) and 17% sparkling wines (4.3 billions of Euros).
Overall, early estimates of wine production in the southern hemisphere lead us to anticipate a reduction in 2014 of around 10% compared with 2013, placing it within the range of 49 to 53 mhl.
