It is still too early for a final balance, but 2018 of Italian wine exports, according to estimates, will mark a new record value, at 6.1 billion euros, slightly higher than in 2017. This trend has been surrogate by data, albeit partial, from ISTAT, which tells us that the main Italian wine markets are growing or stable, with some countries falling slightly.

At the end of September, exports of wine (including musts and sparkling wines, bottled, bag in box and bulk, merchandise code 2204, ed), reached 4.4 billion euros, up 3.7% over the first nine months of 2017. USA still at the top, at 1.07 billion euros (they were 1.03 billion euros in September 2017), but Germany is also growing, at 739 million euros (from 719 million euros), while the United Kingdom, which is still struggling with the imponderable effects of Brexit, is stable at 560 million euros.