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Exports of champagne (millions of 75cl bottles)

150	134.0 141.0 137.4 137.6 144.9 150.7 148.4 153.5 154.8 156.0 130.8
125
100 
75
50
	2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020

Exports, 2020: European Union 
66.2m bottles
Value €1.2bn -7.7%

Rest of world 
64.6m bottles 
Value €1.4bn -17.6%


Leading markets (2020, millions of 75cl bottles)	% change on 2019

Britain 	21.3 -21.1
U.S.		20.8 -19.1
Japan		10.8 -24.5 
Germany		10.1 -12.9
Belgium		9.0 -2.2 
Australia	8.5 +10.4
Italy		6.9 -16.9
Switzerland	4.9 -9.3
Sweden		3.3 +3.1  
Spain		3.0 -30.2

Global value of exports

2019 €3.0bn. excluding taxes
2020 €2.6bn -13.3


Sources: Union des Maisons de Champagne, Comité Champagne
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