Wine imports jump 
2019-10-14
China imported a total of 2.86 billion yuan (US$404.4 million)  of wine in 2018, authorities said at an ongoing wine festival in Gansu Province. Statistics from the General Administration of Customs show that a total of 2.86 billion yuan of wine was imported, accounting for 49.5 percent of the total liquor and alcoholic beverage imported last year. The import total of wine tops all liquor and alcoholic beverages imported last year, said Chen Ping, with the department of market operation of China’s Ministry of Commerce at an organic wine festival in the city of Wuwei. The total wine consumption reached 1.8 million kiloliters in China last year, making China the fifth largest wine consumption country in the world, Chen said.  
