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EXPORTS OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCED WINE EXPORTS OF WHITE AND RED/ROSÉ TABLE WINE In original terms, 50.5 million litres of Australian produced wine were exported in November 2008, a decrease of 26.3% on October 2008 and of 2.9% on November 2007. In November 2008, 19.1 million litres of Australian produced white table wine were exported, a decrease of 19.8% from last month and an increase of 11.1% on November 2007. Australian producers exported 29.9 million litres of red and rosé table wine in November 2008, a decrease of 28.7% from last month and a 10.0% decrease on November 2007. UNIT VALUE OF WINE EXPORTS In original terms, the value of the wine exported this month (50.5 million litres) was $189.1m, a decrease of 25.5% in value from October 2008. The average value of Australian wine exported in November 2008 was $3.75 per litre, up from $3.71 per litre last month and down from $4.16 per litre in November 2007. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ABS AND AWBC WINE EXPORT FIGURES The value of wine exports reported in this publication is derived by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) from customs export records and the ABS converts the value on the day of shipment, at the daily conversion rate (see paragraph 10 of the Explanatory Notes for more detail). The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC) also report the value of exports and the exporter makes the conversion when submitting wine for export approval. With the AWBC method, it is expected that some of the conversions will occur at hedged rates. This does not occur with the ABS method. For November, the value reported by the ABS was $189.1m, while the AWBC value was $173.1m. When the Australian exchange rate is moving significantly the alternative methods will result in diverging valuations. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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