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contributes significantly in to overall Australian exports. The
industry was rapidly growing for the last several years and has
reached a new record of $A2 billion in exports in 2001-2002, claiming
some 46% of the annual production of Australian wine.
There are over 1460 wine producers in Australia
according to the 2002 Australian & New
Zealand Wine Industry Directory, over 663 of which export
Australian wine to over 100 countries throughout the world, in both
bottled and bulk shipments.
Australian wine exports continued to be concentrated
in a few markets. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics,
in 2001-2002 wine exports to the UK, the USA and NZ accounted for
77.2% of total Australian wine exports (see table).
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