Sake special: Sake trends and a study of the French market
05 March 2021 By db staff
In the final instalment of a three-part series, the Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture (KMIITC) shares the latest sake export data and reveals the results of its survey of French sake consumers.
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From January to December 2020, sake exports reached a record high for the eleventh consecutive year. Shipments rose by 3.1% to reach 24.1 billion yen, despite being significantly affected by Covid-19.
Sake now accounts for around 34% of the total value of Japanese alcohol exports (71.1 billion yen) and is second only to Japanese whisky, which achieved exports worth 27.1 billion yen last year.
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