The new figures, the Bureau National Interprofessional du Cognac (BNIC), which shows an increase in the exports of brandy of 3% in volume and 2% in value in 2018. A total of 204 million. bottles were exported. Which went well 91 million. bottles to the UNITED states, Canada and Mexico. And it is also particularly in the UNITED states that the growth has happened. 39 million. was exported to the EU which is a slight decrease from the year before. Growth was also in Asia, with almost 6%. Especially driven by China.
VS and VSOP cognac, representing just over 90%. Cognac, furthermore, represents 70% of all liquor exports from France.