Moldova’s wine exports in 2019 followed an upward trend, reaching a five-year high. According to the National Office of Vine and Wine, last year Moldova exported over 156 million liters of vine, up 9% or over 12 million liters on 2018, IPN reports.

The Office said that Moldova exported wine to 67 countries and the value of deliveries rose to over 3 million lei. Quiet wines accounted for 95% of the exported volume, cognacs and distilled wines for 3%, fortified wines for 2%, sparkling wines for 1%.

The quiet wines generated 74% of all the revenues, the cognacs 20%, while the sparkling and fortified wines 3% each.

In the course of 2019, Romania continued to be a strategic market and topped the rankings of countries that import Moldovan wine, both by the volume of exports and by the generated revenues. Belarus remained the main importer of non-bottled wine, with a share of 43% of the total exports of non-bottled wine.

Some of the destination markets were conquered last year, such as Afghanistan, Syria, Togo, and Guam. After a pause of several years, Moldova’s wines reached again Australia, Norway, and Libya.