In 2024, the EU exported 29.8 billion worth of alcoholic beverages, indicating a 10.9% increase since 2019 (26.9 billion).
Exports were dominated by wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines, representing 56.2% (16.8 billion) of all alcoholic beverages.
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging all of his fellow premiers to join his province and others in taking steps to remove barriers to the free flow of goods and workers within Canada, pitching it as a way to shore up the economy against the effects of American tariffs.
In Brussels, the European Commission is taking steps to adapt the wine industry to changing consumer habits by promoting alcohol-free wine.
This week, Europe will push ahead with its first countermaneuver - one of potentially several to come.
In her Spring Statement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a resolute defence of her government's fiscal strategy, doubling down on the "stability rule" and "investment rule" first set out in the autumn.
On 14 March, the Albanese government announced it will extend a crackdown on unfair trading practices to small businesses in its ongoing efforts to address power imbalances between small and large businesses.
The Spanish government has approved a draft of the country's first ever national law forbidding the sale of alcohol to minors.
The price of a bottle of wine in Alberta is set to go up after April 1.
The Alberta government announced changes to its liquor markups in the recent budget, with respect to wine only, saying it will "address industry concerns, improve equity within the system, and support the growth of Alberta's liquor manufacturing industry."
Finland's year-on-year change in consumer prices stood at 1.5 percent last month, according to the latest figures published by Statistics Finland on Monday.
Shortly after receiving recommendations from the House of Representatives' Inquiry Into Food and Beverage Manufacturing, the Albanese Labor Government has announced $50,000 in additional tax relief to all eligible distillers, brewers, and winemakers.
