Gevorg Papoyan: Most of the wines produced in Armenia more than meet  European standards

ArmInfo. Most of the wines produced in Armenia more than meet European standards. This was stated by Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan during a conversation with journalists on the sidelines of the UN Global Wine  Tourism Conference on September 12.  

In response to ArmInfo's question regarding the volume of wine  exports this year, Papoyan pointed out that the focus should be on   the issue of qualitative, rather than quantitative indicators.

It should be noted that according to the RA Customs Service, Armenia  reduced its wine exports by 7% to 4.4 million liters in 2023, while  the customs value decreased by 2.8% to $18.3 million.  At the same  time, the main market for Armenian wine is traditionally the Russian  market, with its share increasing from 78.8% in 2022 to 83.2% in  2023.  Following with a significant gap are the USA at 5%, France -  1.6%, Belarus - 1.3%, Lithuania, Italy, Belgium (0.9% each), China  (0.8%), Georgia, Italy, Poland (0.4% each), and the United Kingdom  (0.2%). The remaining volume was exported to Japan, Kyrgyzstan,  Kazakhstan, Greece, Canada, Latvia, Israel, Estonia, Denmark,  Germany, Australia, Emirates, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Switzerland,  Ukraine, and the Czech Republic.  Quite small volumes (less than 1  thousand liters) fell on Finland, Sweden, Taiwan, Norway, Iceland,  Turkey, Austria, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Singapore, Cuba, Uruguay,  Malta and Benin.