According to data released by Eurostat on November 19, Portugal is the fourth largest wine producer in the EU in 2019, with an output of 700 million liters, accounting for 5% of Italy’s total.

Last year, the European Union produced 15.8 billion liters of wine-including champagne, sparkling wine and port wine-Italy contributed the most (5.5 billion liters, or 35%), followed by Spain (4.3 billion liters, or 27%), France (34 100 million, accounting for 21%), Portugal (700 million liters, accounting for 5%), Germany (700 million, accounting for 4%) and Hungary (400 million, accounting for 25 of the EU’s total).

The main partners of EU wine exports are the United Kingdom and the United States, accounting for 44% of the total.

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