EU fact of the week
date: 07/04/2017
UK is biggest importer of wine in EU
Across the EU member states, the UK (€3.5bn, or 29% of the EU member states' total) and Germany (€2.5bn, or 20%) were by far the two main importers of wine in 2016, according to figures published by Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, on 4 April.
With a trade worth €8.2bn in 2016 (or 41% of the EU member states' total), France was by far the top exporter of wine, ahead of Italy (€5.6bn, or 28%) and Spain (€2.7bn, or 13%).