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Skip Navigation LinksHome THE COMITE CHAMPAGNE Economy

A FEW KEY STATISTICS ABOUT CHAMPAGNE

 

- 2010 figures -

 

The table below shows the vital statistics of the Champagne economy.

 

HUMAN RESOURCES

 

4,776 récoltants expéditeurs (grower/shippers)
66 cooperatives
293 producers (Champagne Houses)
 

PRODUCTION AREA

 

33,344 hectares, of which:

 23,897 in the Marne department
 7,025 in the departments of the Aube and Haute-Marne
2,422 in the departments of the Aisne and Seine-et-Marne
 

 

ENCEPAGEMENT
(Varietal mix)

 

Pinot Noir 39 %
Meunier 32 %
Chardonnay 29 %

 

CROP YIELD

 

(expressed in equivalent number of bottles)
 
315 million bottles
Grape yield = 10,903 kg/hectare

 

STOCKS

 

(at 31/07/2009)
 
1,344 million bottles (incl compulsory individual reserve)
 

 

SHIPMENTS

 

TOTAL
319,613,186 bottles

219,100,890 from the Champagne Houses (69%)
100,512,296 from growers and cooperatives (31%) 


FRANCE

185,098,656 bottles (58%) of which:

103,059,579 from the Champagne Houses (56%)
82,039,077 from growers and cooperatives (44%) 


 
OUTSIDE FRANCE

134,514,530 bottles (42%) of which:

116,041,311 from the Champagne Houses (86%)
18,473,219 from growers and cooperatives (14%) 

  

 TOP TEN
EXPORT MARKETS
 

 (expressed in equivalent number of bottles)


 1.  UNITED KINGDOM   35,488,401

 2.  UNITED STATES     16,934,242

 3.  DEUTSCHLAND      13,076,153

 4.  BELGIUM                   8,806,008

 5.  ITALY                         7,183,113

 6.  JAPAN                        7,464,935

 7.  SWITZERLAND         5,442,295

 8.  SPAIN                         3,689,307

 9.  AUSTRALIA               3,687,140

10. NETHERLANDS         2,474,876

 

Champagne
GROWERS

Champagne
HOUSES


 

THE COMITE CHAMPAGNE (CIVC)

"The Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne" is the trade organisation established by statute to administer the common interests of everyone within the Champagne industry [...]

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