Statistics

Statistical information from The 2024 Australian and New Zealand Wine Industry Directory
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Highlights of 2024

Australian wine exports increased by 34 per cent in value to $2.39 billion, and by 7% in volume to 643 million litres, in the 12 months ended September 2024.
Shipments reached the highest levels for both volume and value since the 12 months ended August 2021, with this renewed growth driven by the re-entry of Australian wine exports to mainland China after it removed import duties on Australian bottled wine in late March 2024.
The value of shipments to mainland China, in the 12 months to September 2024, increased by $604 million to $612 million, while volume increased by 58 million litres to 59 million litres. There were 927 businesses exporting wine to mainland China during the 12 months ended September 2024.
The Australian winegrape crush increased yearon-year by 9% in 2024 to an estimated 1.43 million tonnes, according to the National Vintage Report 2024 released by Wine Australia.
Vintage 2024 followed a 23-year low crush in 2023 and, despite the growth, the ‘24 crush is still well below the 10-year average of 1.73 million tonnes.
The overall year-on-year increase in the crush was 112,000 tonnes, driven entirely by white winegrape varieties, which increased by 117,000 tonnes (19%) to 722,000 tonnes.
Despite the increase, the white varieties crush was still 10% below the 10-year average and the second smallest in 17 years.
The crush of red grapes declined by just under 5,000 tonnes (1%) to 705,000 tonnes, the smallest since the drought-affected 2007 vintage, and 40% below its peak of 1.2 million tonnes in 2021.
The white winegrape share of the crush increased to 51% – the first time since 2014 that the white crush has been higher than the red crush.
Chardonnay increased by 31% to 333,000 tonnes, overtaking Shiraz to resume the title of largest variety by crush size that it last held in 2013. Shiraz decreased by 14% to 298,000 tonnes – its smallest crush since 2007.
South Australia accounted for the largest share of the national crush size (49%) but decreased by 4% and lost 6 percentage points of share to the other states.
All other states except Western Australia increased their crush compared with 2023, with Tasmania increasing by 42% to a record estimated crush of 16,702 tonnes.
The grape crush value of the 2024 vintage was estimated to be $1.01 billion, a 2% increase over the previous year. This was a result of the 9% increase in the tonnage being offset by an overall decrease in the average value from $642 per tonne to $613 per tonne.

Snapshot		2021	2022	2023	2024	Change (%)
Winegrape intake	(tonnes)	2,005,155	1,734,260	1,317,098	1,427,008	9%
Total value Australian crush	(A$ billion)	1.56	1.46	0.98	1.01	2%
Average purchased grape price	(A$/tonne)	701	630	642	613	-5%
Exports (year to June)	(ML)	693	625	620	619	0%
	(A$ million)	2,559	2,082	1,864	2,188	17%
	(A$/L)	3.69	3.33	3.00	3.35	18%
Imports (year to October)	(ML)	109	102	106	87	-18%
	(A$ million)	902	930	1,009	890	-12%
	(A$/L)	8.27	9.11	9.54	10.23	7%

Table 1: Winegrape crush by year

Year	Estimated Tonnes	% change
2016	1,850,133
2017	1,998,099	8%
2018	1,769,291	-11%
2019	1,710,962	-3%
2020	1,546,079	-10%
2021	2,013,474	30%
2022	1,737,820	-14%
2023	1,314,618	-24%
2024	1,427,008	9%

Source: Wine Australia 2024 National Vintage Report
Note: figures may vary from those previously published as data is updated

Table 2: Winegrape production and prices

	Vineyard area (‘000 ha)	Crush (kt)	Average price ($/t)
2017-18	146	1769	611
2018-19	146	1711	661
2019-20	146	1546	694
2020-21	146	2013	701
2021-22	146	1738	630
2022-23	146	1315	642
2023-24	146	1427	613