Italy produced 55 million
hectolitres of wine in 2018, an increase of 29% with respect to
the previous year, the ISMEA agro-food institute said on
Thursday.
In a report ISMEA said that 20 million hectolitres of that
wine was sold abroad.
It said the nation's wine exports were worth 6.2 billion
euros, keeping Italy second only to France in the ranking of
world producers.
ISMEA said the value of Italian wine exports was up 3.3% in
2018 and has increased by 70% over the last decade.
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