EU wine export value fell 2% through August 2026
Wine and related-product exports declined to €10.645 billion in January–August, while the sector’s trade surplus narrowed to €9.756 billion, according to a European Commission trade report.
The value of European Union exports of wine and related products fell by €164 million in the first 8 months of 2026, declining to €10.645 billion from €10.809 billion in the same period of 2025. The decrease was about 2% after rounding, according to the European Commission report “Monitoring EU Agri-Food Trade: Developments until August 2026,” published on 29 October.1
Exports to the United States declined by 5% in value. The comparison may have been affected by unusually strong EU trade with the US in the first quarter of 2025, possibly because businesses brought purchases forward after Washington announced new tariff plans. The report did not quantify that effect for wine.1
Trade surplus also narrows
EU imports of wine and related products from non-EU countries totaled €889 million through August 2026. Based on the report’s trade-balance figures, imports in the corresponding 2025 period were about €955 million, implying a reduction of roughly €66 million, or about 7%.1
Lower imports partly offset weaker exports, but the EU trade surplus for wine and related products still decreased by €99 million, from €9.854 billion to €9.756 billion, a decline close to 1% after rounding. Wine nevertheless recorded a larger positive trade balance than the other beverage groups covered in the report.1
The figures are based on Eurostat COMEXT data extracted on 16 October and measure trade value rather than physical shipment volumes. They therefore do not indicate how the number of bottles or cases exported changed.1
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Written by the Dionysus editors from the sources above.
