Wine exports reach record levels in value and volume

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Wine exports reach record levels in value and volume

Australian wine exports have reached record levels in both value and volume.

Australia's wineries exports hit 757 million litres in 2006, which was worth $2.82 billion.

The total value was one per cent higher than 2005 while the volume rose eight per cent from the previous year, the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation says.

The record result was underpinned by the unlikely markets of China and Sweden.

In 2005, Australia exported four million litres of wine to China. That figure rose to 21 million litres last year.

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