MOSCOW, January 3 The world's largest importers of sparkling wine in the first eight months of last year were the USA, Great Britain and Japan, and Russia is on this list took ninth place, calculated based on open data.
So, the USA purchased sparkling wine for 981 million dollars, Great Britain — for 764 million, and Japan — for 485 million.
Champagne is also loved in European countries. Germany took fourth place in the ranking, importing it for $321 million, Italy came fifth with purchases worth $235 million, and Belgium came sixth with $216 million.
In addition, Switzerland entered the top ten — imports amounted to 159 million dollars, as well as Australia — 158 million. Russia was in ninth place with purchases worth 155 million, and Canada closed the top ten with $134 million.