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This report provides an overview of the New Zealand wine market as of the publication date. New Zealand imports wine from all over the world, indicating that consumers in the country are open to exploring various wine regions.

Despite its small size, New Zealand is already an important market for alcoholic beverages and ingredients from the United States.

New Zealand’s wine grape area and wine production are forecast to continue to increase in 2020.

France imported $1.53 billion of food and agricultural products from the United States in 2018.

New Zealand imported a record number US$ 535 million of food and agricultural products from the United States in 2018, representing approximately 10 percent of total food imports.

The European Commission has published in the EU Official Journal updated legislation amending the EU Regulation on Spirits.

France is the third largest European economy and according to French customs imported $1.28 billion of food and agricultural products from the United States in 2017.

New Zealand’s $10 billion tourism sector continues to grow and is fueling demand for food and agricultural products.

On March 12, 2018, the EU alcoholic beverages industry presented a “joint’ self-regulatory proposal on nutrition labeling and ingredients listing to the European Commission.

More than 70 percent of French household food purchases are made in supermarkets and local smaller discount stores.

France (including its overseas territories) has 67 million consumers and is the third largest economy in the European Union after Germany and the United Kingdom.

On March 13, 2017, the European Commission presented its long awaited report examining whether mandatory nutrition labeling requirements should be extended to alcoholic beverages....