date:Mar 25, 2013
s down by 10% to 141.3 million hectoliters, with France and Spain reporting a drop of 16.8%and 11.2%, respectively.
The area under vines in Europe decreased to 4,212 million hectoliters, down by 0.8% between 2011 and 2012. However, area under vines in regions outside Europe increased by 0.3% to 3,363 million hectoliters.
Among different nations, Italy topped the list of exporters in 2012 with volumes of 21.5 million hectoliters, followed by Spain and France with 19.1 and 15 million hectoliters