AUSTRALIAN WINE TRADE
MARVELLOUS GROWTH IN ENGLAND (By Electric Telegraph-Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) (Received 16th January, 8,5 a.m.) LONDON, 14th January. Some idea of the marvellous growth of the Australian wine trade may be gathered from the annual returns, just issued, which show that imports in 1927 were more than four times greater than in 1925. Last year’s imports were nearly 4,250,000 gallons out of total imports from all countries of 18,500,000. Portugal, with 6,000,000 was the only country to exceed Australia, which, for the first time beat France, whence 3,183,000 gallons were imported. The quantity of Australian entered for home consumption also showed an enormous increase, being 2,305,000 gallons in 1927. compared with 782,000 in 1925, whereas ■ Portuguese showed a decrease qf nearly 1,000,000 gallons.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 16 January 1928, Page 5
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