Year over year, international purchases of wine flatlined via a -0.8% drop compared to $41.3 billion during 2021.
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 almost half (48.3%) of all wine imported in 2022.
From a continental perspective, European countries bought the highest dollar worth of imported wine during 2022 valued at $20.4 billion or 49.9% of the global total. In second place were North American importers at 25.3% while another 18.1% of worldwide wine imports was delivered to customers in Asia.
Smaller percentages were delivered to Latin America (2.8%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Oceania (2.3%) led by Australia and New Zealand, and 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 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage of worldwide imported wine.
- United States: US$7.7 billion (18.8% of total imported wine)
- United Kingdom: $5.1 billion (12.4%)
- Germany: $2.9 billion (7.1%)
- Canada: $2.3 billion (5.5%)
- Japan: $1.9 billion (4.6%)
- Netherlands: $1.6 billion (3.8%)
- China: $1.4 billion (3.5%)
- Belgium: $1.36 billion (3.3%)
- Switzerland: $1.36 billion (3.3%)
- France: $1.07 billion (2.6%)
- Hong Kong: $1.02 billion (2.5%)
- Russia: $887.6 million (2.2%)
- Denmark: $870.5 million (2.1%)
- Singapore: $851.5 million (2.1%)
- Sweden: $818.7 million (2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased about three-quarters (75.8%) of all wine imported in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for wine from 2021 to 2022 were: Japan (up 10.2%), United Kingdom (up 9%), France (up 6.6%) and the United States of America (up 4.2%).
Buyer countries that posted declines in their imported wine purchases were led by: Russia (down -29.1% from 2021), Hong Kong (down -25.1%), mainland China (down -15.1%) and Germany (down -14.2%).
Wine Imports into America
America’s global purchases of imported wine totaled US$7.68 billion in 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- France: US$2.8 billion (up 5.3% from 2021)
- Italy: $2.4 billion (up 2.9%)
- New Zealand: $612.6 million (up 6.9%)
- Spain: $421.1 million (down -2.7%)
- Australia: $337.1 million (up 7.2%)
- Argentina: $302.3 million (up 9.2%)
- Chile: $250.9 million (down -4%)
- Portugal: $139.7 million (down -2.7%)
- Germany: $87.2 million (down -2.3%)
- South Africa: $83.8 million (up 21.5%)
- Canada: $61.3 million (up 5.1%)
- Israel: $48.3 million (up 20.7%)
- Austria: $30.6 million (up 1.9%)
- Greece: $21.3 million (up 24.8%)
- Mexico: $8.4 million (up 80.1%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 98.9% of wine imported by the United States of America in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of wine to the United States from 2021 to 2022 were: Mexico (up 80.1%), Greece (up 24.8%), South Africa (up 21.5%) and Israel (up 20.7%).
Four major provider countries experienced declines in the value of their wine supplied to American importers. These were Chile (down -4% from 2021), Spain (down -2.7%), Portugal (down -2.7%) and Germany (down -2.3%).
Overall, the value of United States’s imported wine rose by an average 4.2% from all supplying countries since 2021 when wine purchased cost $7.4 billion.
Wine Imports into the United Kingdom
United Kingdom’s global purchases of imported wine totaled US$5.06 billion in 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- France: US$1.8 billion (up 25.7% from 2021)
- Italy: $1.1 billion (up 31.3%)
- Spain: $408.2 million (up 15.2%)
- Australia: $365.3 million (up 6.5%)
- New Zealand: $303.3 million (down -0.1%)
- Chile: $253.2 million (down -2.6%)
- United States: $219.9 million (down -6%)
- South Africa: $188.7 million (up 5.3%)
- Argentina: $145.3 million (up 1.6%)
- Portugal: $116.1 million (down -0.4%)
- Germany: $43.6 million (down -45.4%)
- Hungary: $16.9 million (up 6.2%)
- Belgium: $9.5 million (down -94.3%)
- Greece: $7.8 million (up 48.9%)
- Moldova: $6.7 million (down -8.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.5% of wine imported by the United Kingdom in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of wine to the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2022 were: Greece (up 48.9%), Italy (up 31.3%), France (up 25.7%) and Spain (up 15.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their wine supplied to UK importers included: Belgium (down -94.3%), Germany (down -45.4%), Moldova (down -8.9%) and the United States of America (down -6%).
Overall, the value of United Kingdom’s imported wine increased by an average 9% from all supplying countries since 2021 when wine purchased cost $4.6 billion.
Wine Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported wine totaled US$2.9 billion in 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Italy: US$1.1 billion (down -17.1% from 2021)
- France: $835.7 million (down -12.8%)
- Spain: $389.8 million (down -11.2%)
- United States: $90 million (down -3.2%)
- Austria: $85.5 million (down -6.3%)
- South Africa: $71.6 million (down -24.1%)
- Australia: $58.2 million (down -3.4%)
- Portugal: $55.1 million (down -18.7%)
- Chile: $45 million (down -9.1%)
- New Zealand: $29.9 million (down -20.4%)
- Greece: $23 million (down -25.7%)
- Hungary: $18.2 million (up 10.2%)
- Argentina: $13.7 million (down -22.8%)
- North Macedonia: $12.2 million (down -2%)
- Romania: $6.6 million (down -21.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.1% of wine imported by Germany in 2022.
Among the above countries, Hungary was the lone supplier to increase wine sold to Germany from 2021 to 2022 boosted by a 10.2% advance.
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their wine supplied to German importers included: Greece (down -25.7% from 2021), South Africa (down -24.1%), Argentina (down -22.8%) and Romania (down -21.8%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported wine fell by an average -14.2% from all supplying countries since 2021 when wine purchased cost $3.4 billion.
Wine Imports into Canada
Canada’s global purchases of imported wine totaled US$2.27 billion in 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022
- France: US$557.9 million (down -2.9% from 2021)
- Italy: $498.9 million (up 4.7%)
- United States: $475.4 million (down -0.4%)
- Australia: $166.5 million (up 12.2%)
- Spain: $130.1 million (down -12.8%)
- New Zealand: $117 million (up 24.2%)
- Chile: $89.5 million (up 3.6%)
- Argentina: $75.4 million (down -2.5%)
- Portugal: $57.1 million (down -9.3%)
- South Africa: $43.1 million (up 9.5%)
- Germany: $23.2 million (down -6.4%)
- Austria: $11.6 million (up 23.7%)
- Greece: $8.1 million (down -16.5%)
- Hungary: $3.4 million (up 23.6%)
- Moldova: $2.8 million (down -0.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.5% of wine imported by Canada in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of wine to Canada from 2021 to 2022 were: New Zealand (up 24.2%), Austria (up 23.7%), Hungary (up 23.6%) and Australia (up 12.2%).
Major provider countries that experienced declines in the value of their wine supplied to Canadian importers included: Greece (down -16.5% from 2021), Spain (down -12.8%), Portugal (down -9.3%) and Germany (down -6.4%).
Overall, the value of Canada’s imported wine went up by an average 1.1% from all supplying countries since 2021 when wine purchased cost $2.2 billion.
Searchable List of Wine Importing Countries in 2022
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 | 2021-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $7,684,771,000 | +4.2% |
| 2. | United Kingdom | $5,063,847,000 | +9% |
| 3. | Germany | $2,903,334,000 | -14.2% |
| 4. | Canada | $2,272,048,000 | +1.1% |
| 5. | Japan | $1,881,957,000 | +10.2% |
| 6. | Netherlands | $1,570,806,000 | -7.7% |
| 7. | China | $1,434,947,000 | -15.1% |
| 8. | Belgium | $1,358,952,000 | -9.9% |
| 9. | Switzerland | $1,355,475,000 | -8.2% |
| 10. | France | $1,067,636,000 | +6.6% |
| 11. | Hong Kong | $1,023,751,000 | -25.1% |
| 12. | Russia | $887,553,000 | -29.1% |
| 13. | Denmark | $870,479,000 | -10.9% |
| 14. | Singapore | $851,548,000 | -0.3% |
| 15. | Sweden | $818,684,000 | -7.8% |
| 16. | Australia | $729,264,000 | +0.1% |
| 17. | South Korea | $581,282,000 | +3.8% |
| 18. | Italy | $539,972,000 | +6.1% |
| 19. | Norway | $509,662,000 | -10.2% |
| 20. | Brazil | $459,774,000 | -3.5% |
| 21. | Poland | $402,052,000 | -5.1% |
| 22. | Mexico | $398,992,000 | +46.9% |
| 23. | Macao | $368,244,000 | +63% |
| 24. | Ireland | $321,975,000 | -6% |
| 25. | Spain | $297,437,000 | +4.6% |
| 26. | Lithuania | $285,244,000 | -4.8% |
| 27. | Czech Republic | $284,981,000 | -3.2% |
| 28. | Taiwan | $278,598,000 | +5.2% |
| 29. | Austria | $277,803,000 | +3.8% |
| 30. | United Arab Emirates | $247,699,000 | +22.8% |
| 31. | Finland | $238,807,000 | -4.6% |
| 32. | Portugal | $208,062,000 | +1.8% |
| 33. | New Zealand | $166,404,000 | -9% |
| 34. | Latvia | $162,253,000 | +12.8% |
| 35. | Luxembourg | $133,383,000 | -10.7% |
| 36. | Malaysia | $131,795,000 | +59% |
| 37. | Romania | $123,061,000 | +12.3% |
| 38. | Ukraine | $117,625,000 | -45.3% |
| 39. | Thailand | $116,609,000 | +122.2% |
| 40. | Colombia | $108,405,000 | +39.3% |
| 41. | Vietnam | $98,477,000 | +330.8% |
| 42. | Dominican Republic | $96,885,000 | +22.6% |
| 43. | Estonia | $93,944,000 | +3.6% |
| 44. | Israel | $78,972,000 | +1.5% |
| 45. | Greece | $73,224,000 | +15.1% |
| 46. | Slovakia | $67,434,000 | -21.2% |
| 47. | Angola | $60,078,000 | +78.1% |
| 48. | Belarus | $59,156,000 | -29.2% |
| 49. | Philippines | $56,144,000 | +83% |
| 50. | Panama | $54,093,000 | +28.7% |
| 51. | Peru | $53,595,000 | +26.8% |
| 52. | Namibia | $53,082,000 | +3.7% |
| 53. | Ivory Coast | $52,962,000 | -2.6% |
| 54. | South Africa | $51,143,000 | +17.2% |
| 55. | Kazakhstan | $48,853,000 | +4% |
| 56. | Paraguay | $45,982,000 | +1.9% |
| 57. | Türkiye | $43,104,000 | +74% |
| 58. | Croatia | $41,997,000 | +0.6% |
| 59. | Costa Rica | $39,975,000 | +13.8% |
| 60. | Cyprus | $38,472,000 | +10.5% |
| 61. | Serbia | $38,405,000 | -4.4% |
| 62. | Ecuador | $38,064,000 | +19.1% |
| 63. | Morocco | $36,007,000 | +39.7% |
| 64. | Bulgaria | $35,674,000 | -0.1% |
| 65. | Cameroon | $35,605,000 | +70.4% |
| 66. | Iceland | $34,840,000 | -8.2% |
| 67. | Ghana | $34,265,000 | +4.1% |
| 68. | India | $33,400,000 | +42.1% |
| 69. | Bahamas | $26,864,000 | +43.3% |
| 70. | Malta | $26,552,000 | +9.7% |
| 71. | Hungary | $26,260,000 | -2.6% |
| 72. | Guatemala | $24,328,000 | +17% |
| 73. | Mauritius | $23,725,000 | +108.2% |
| 74. | Chile | $23,276,000 | -12% |
| 75. | Kenya | $22,707,000 | +5.4% |
| 76. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $21,203,000 | +4.9% |
| 77. | Venezuela | $20,105,000 | +18.3% |
| 78. | Slovenia | $19,208,000 | +18.1% |
| 79. | Andorra | $18,042,000 | +10.2% |
| 80. | New Caledonia | $17,098,000 | -17.5% |
| 81. | Bermuda | $17,078,000 | +7.4% |
| 82. | Gabon | $16,223,000 | +84.6% |
| 83. | Mongolia | $15,980,000 | +25.8% |
| 84. | Uruguay | $15,914,000 | +0.6% |
| 85. | French Polynesia | $15,188,000 | -4% |
| 86. | Maldives | $15,051,000 | +4.2% |
| 87. | Barbados | $14,820,000 | +84.4% |
| 88. | Botswana | $14,774,000 | +19.5% |
| 89. | Aruba | $14,711,000 | +27% |
| 90. | Nigeria | $14,426,000 | +11.2% |
| 91. | Cayman Islands | $13,552,000 | -31.6% |
| 92. | Qatar | $13,300,000 | +143.5% |
| 93. | Congo | $12,712,000 | +187.6% |
| 94. | Jamaica | $12,460,000 | +25.8% |
| 95. | Togo | $12,287,000 | -0.9% |
| 96. | Curaçao | $12,050,000 | +9.7% |
| 97. | Tanzania | $11,821,000 | +8.8% |
| 98. | Laos | $11,541,000 | +514.2% |
| 99. | Montenegro | $11,493,000 | +49.4% |
| 100. | Indonesia | $11,059,000 | +30.4% |
On a percentage basis, the fastest-growing importers among the top 100 wine markets are Laos (up 514.2% from 2021), Vietnam (up 330.8%), Congo (up 187.6%), Qatar (up 143.5%), Thailand (up 122.2%), then Mauritius (up 108.2%).
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 2021 data was unavailable.
Related Read: US Imported Wine Ranked by Suppliers & Average Prices
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Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on August 16, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 16, 2023
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 16, 2023
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