A complete quantity of 368.8 million litres of wine left South African shores in 2022, some 20 million litres lower than in 2021. These exports totaled R9.9 billion in worth, down from R10.2 billion in 2021, with the decline attributed to delivery constraints on the port of Cape City.
Siobhan Thompson, WoSA CEO, stated: “The restoration of exports was hampered in 2022 by varied components out of the management of our producers. In the course of the months of April and October exports had been straight impacted by the climate situations and strike motion within the port of Cape City. Moreover, the scarcity of delivery containers in addition to packaging supplies, triggered further challenges.”
Complete value per litre elevated by 2.2%, supported by the 5.3% enhance in bulk RPL, one other step towards premiumisation for each packaged and bulk wine classes. Bulk wine exports account for 62% of complete export volumes, nevertheless when it comes to worth contribution, packaged wine is by far the value-leader at 77%.
The UK, South Africa’s largest wine export market, continued to indicate development of 5% in quantity, as larger priced bulk exports drove the quantity development with 8% development in RPL being realised.
The Chinese language market, which beforehand confirmed sturdy development for South African wine, has slowed down because of the prolonged lockdown measures imposed by the Chinese language authorities, because it noticed the full exports worth decline by 26% and volumes by 38%.
Within the second largest export market, Germany, a decline of 17% in worth and 9% in quantity could possibly be attributed to a variety of components similar to rising inflation in Germany, a rise in residing prices, customers supporting native companies, coupled with a scarcity of tourism to South Africa. Luckily, with world journey resuming it’s anticipated that this will likely be revived.
“On a optimistic notice, the picture of South African wine continues to develop with our wines being awarded varied accolades in competitions {and professional} rankings. CapeWine2022, our premier trade showcase, was successful and attracted consumers, influencers and importers from across the globe. We hope to see the affect of this on exports going into 2023.”
