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Japan’s Top 10 Wine Suppliers in April 2022

Published June 6, 2022

Japan's wine imports grew by 28% year on year to 17.4 billion yen in April 2022.

Japan's Top 10 Wine Suppliers in April 2022

Japan continues to increase its importation of wines, which further rose by 28% year on year in April.


Data culled from the Customs and Tariff Bureau of the Finance Ministry showed that the country bought 17.4 billion yen worth of wines in the month.

The bulk of the imported wines came from France, which went up 31% compared to the same month last year to a total of 9.14 billion yen.

Italian wines, the second biggest wine import in Japan, grew by 18% to 2.3 billion yen.

Imported wines from America jumped by 56% to 1.9 billion yen and wines from Chile expanded by 12% to 1.5 billion yen.

Spanish and Australian wines both saw import value growth of 20% and 23%, respectively.

The value of wine imports from Germany fell by 3% in April while wines from South Africa increased by 29% in value to 124 million yen.

The total value of imported wines from Portugal remained close to the level seen in April last year.

Completing the top 10 wine import list, Argentinian wines also increased in value in Japan, rising by 64% to 85 million yen.

In terms of categories, imported sparkling wine bottles climbed in value by 80% to 6.3 billion yen. Imported wine bottles of more than 2 litres but less than 10L also jumped by 51% to 297 million yen while fortified wines decreased by 4% to 45 million yen.

Between January and April, Japan's wine imports saw a 24% growth in value to 64.8 billion yen.

Japan's Top 10 Wine Suppliers in April 2022 vs 2021

Rank

Country

Value in 2022

Value in 2021

% Change

1

France

9,138,687,000 yen

6,962,538,000 yen

+31%

2

Italy

2,279,570,000 yen

1,939,887,000 yen

+18%

3

United States

1,935,612,000 yen

1,243,020,000 yen

+56%

4

Chile

1,474,091,000 yen

1,316,045,000 yen

+12%

5

Spain

1,439,267,000 yen

1,204,275,000 yen

+20%

6

Australia

406,494,000 yen

329,624,000 yen

+23%

7

Germany

160,580,000 yen

164,865,000 yen

-3%

8

South Africa

124,193,000 yen

96,620,000 yen

+29%

9

Portugal

88,129,000 yen

88,158,000 yen

=

10

Argentina

84,981,000 yen

51,757,000 yen

+64%


Total

17,367,786,000 yen

13,601,055,000 yen

+28%

Source: Japan Customs

Wine Categories in April 2022 vs 2021

Bottled Wine Size

Value in 2022

Value in 2021

% Change

Sparkling

6,290,641,000 yen

3,493,537,000 yen

+80%

Fortified

45,180,000 yen

46,908,000 yen

-4%

More than 2L but less than 10L

296,681,000 yen

196,300,000 yen

+51%

Source: Japan Customs

Japan's Top 10 Wine Suppliers YTD 2022 vs 2021

Rank

Country

Value in 2022

Value in 2021

% Change

1

France

36,499,775,000 yen

29,094,842,000 yen

+25%

2

Chile

6,858,176,000 yen

5,340,015,000 yen

+28%

3

Italy

6,695,217,000 yen

6,743,703,000 yen

-1%

4

United States

6,392,895,000 yen

3,790,103,000 yen

+69%

5

Spain

4,188,112,000 yen

3,871,192,000 yen

+8%

6

Australia

1,695,942,000 yen

1,347,381,000 yen

+26%

7

Germany

579,263,000 yen

477,985,000 yen

+21%

8

New Zealand

395,728,000 yen

319,422,000 yen

+24%

9

South Africa

359,478,000 yen

286,227,000 yen

+26%

10

Portugal

282,897,000 yen

242,582,000 yen

+17%


Total

64,760,820,000 yen

52,369,757,000 yen

+24%

Source: Japan Customs

Wine Categories YTD 2022 vs 2021

Bottled Wine Size

Value in 2022

Value in 2021

% Change

Sparkling

24,959,459,000 yen

18,737,621,000 yen

+33%

Fortified

162,421,000 yen

151,576,000 yen

+7%

More than 2L but less than 10L

976,290,000 yen

700,836,000 yen

+39%

Source: Japan Customs

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