2012: Italian wine exports down to the US

From the Italian Wine & Food Institute the news, to say it are the leaders of the Institute Lucio Caputo and Jacopo Biondi Santi: "After the success with which 2011 ended, which had seen increases of 13% in quantity and 16 % in value, in the first two months of 2012, there was a sharp slowdown in wine exports to the US (the percentages are consistent): the figures speak of a 6% decrease in quantity and 10% in value. "

Australia and Chile export a greater quantity of wine than Italy which always remains at the top for value.