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Growth in Wineries

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

2012

2013
Number of primary wine producers 4360 4183 3999 3839 3667 3596 3527

3440

3323
Number of wine cellars which crush grapes 581 572 560 585 604 573 582

582

564
Producer cellars 65 65 59 58 57 54 52

50

50
Producing wholesalers 21 17 20 23 23 26 25

23

21


Wine Produced (Million Gross Litres)

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

2012

2013
Wine 628.5 709.7 730.4 763.3 805.1 780.7 831.2

870.9

915.4

Rebate 82.9 82.1 101.5 86.6 71.4 39.6 34.2

62.3

42

Juice 64.6 73.2 65.2 72.5 34.7 51.2 40.2

40.1

58.7

Distilling wine 129.2 147.9 146.4 166.5 122.1 113.3 107.2

121.8

140.7

Total Hectares under Wine Grapes

Total Hectares Planted and Uprooted

 

Wine Grapes as % of Total Hectares

  1990 2000 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

2012

2013

  % % % % % % %

%

%

Chenin 32 24 19 19 18 18 18

18

18

Chardonnay 2 6 9 8 8 8 8

8

8

Sauvignon Blanc 4 6 8 9 9 10 10

10

9

TOTAL WHITE 84 64 56 56 56 56 56

55

55

                 

 

Cabernet 4 9 13 13 12 12 12

12

12

Merlot 1 5 7 7 7 6 6

6

6

Pinotage 2 7 6 6 6 6 7

7

7

Shiraz 1 6 10 10 10 10 10

11

11

TOTAL RED 16 36 44 44 44 44 44

45

45

Age of Vines at 2013

Years

White %

Red %

Total %

<4 years

4.0

3.7

7.7

4-10 years

18.0

7.6

25.6

11-15 years

7.4

21.5

28.8

16-20 years

9.9

8.8

18.7

20+ years

15.4

3.8

19.2

Total

54.6

45.4

100

Total SA Exports

YEAR

LITRES

TREND

1996

  99 900 000

140

1998

116 800 000

108

2000

138 400 000

108

2001

176 100 000

126

2002

215 800 000

123

2003

237 300 000

110

2004

266 500 000

112

2005

280 084 000

105

2006

271 778 000

  97

2007

313 886 000

115

2008

407 320 000

132

2009

389 141 000

  96

2010

389 324 000

  96

2011

350 564 774

  95

2012

408 969 047

117

2013

517 406 010

126

% Total Exports by Country (Litres) (Bulk plus Bottled)

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

 

%

%

%

%

UK

28

23

22

21

GERMANY

19

23

19

18

NETHERLANDS

  7

  7

  6

4

SWEDEN

10

10

  8

6

AFRICA

  4

  5

  3

4

DENMARK

  5

  5

  4

4

CANADA

  4

  4

  5

4

USA

  4

  4

  6

6

BELGIUM

  3

  3

  2

2

RUSSIA

  5

  2

  8

7

ALL OTHER

11

14

  17

23

*Note: These figures do not take into account bulk wine bottled in one country (such as Germany or France) and then sold in another country.

Packaged Exports by Country (Litres)

PACKAGED

2003%

2009%

2010%

2011%

2012%

2013%

UK

50

40

30

22

17

22

NETHERLANDS

19

  9

  9

10

10

8

SWEDEN

  7

14

14

15

14

12

GERMANY

  7

  6

  8

  9

10

10

DENMARK

  2

  5

  5

  4

  4

4

CANADA

  2

  4

  4

  4

  5

4

BELGIUM

  2

  2

  2

  3

  3

3

USA

  3

  4

  4

  5

  6

6

FINLAND

  2

  2

  2

  3

  3

2

AFRICA

 

  2

  4

  6

  8

12

CHINA

 

 

 

  2

  3

2

ALL OTHERS

  8

12

18

17

17

15

Source:SAWIS

Total Packaged Wine (Litres) Export Growth Trends

 

2009/2008

2010/2009

2011/2010

2012/2011

2013/2012

UK

111

  70

  59

  76

131

NETHERLANDS

  99

  97

  91

  85

100

SWEDEN

118

  98

  82

  84

96

GERMANY

  99

113

  96

  96

117

CHINA

150

176

175

119

79

CANADA

111

103

  85

106

97

BELGIUM

  95

113

  95

  93

111

USA

100

117

  91

103

108

DENMARK

  95

102

  63

  85

121

TOTAL

107

  93

  80

  90

109

Source:SAWIS