Comparative data : annual consumption

Country	Cheese kilos/year 2002	Cheese ranking	Wine liters/inhab. 2002	Wine ranking	Beer liters/inhab. 2002	Beer ranking
Greece	25,6	1	n/a		n/a
France	24,6	2	53	2	29	53
Italy	22,5	3	54	1	n/a
Denmark	21,4	4	33	7	95	7
Netherlands	20,3	5	n/a		n/a
Germany	20,2	6	25	13	115	4
Austria	20,0	7	31	10	117	3
Switzerland	19,6	8	43	5	n/a
Sweden	18,3	9	n/a		n/a
Israel	16,9	10	n/a		n/a
Croatia	n/a		49	3	n/a
Portugal	n/a		46	4	n/a
Spain	n/a		37	6	n/a
Argentina	n/a		32	8	n/a
Hungary	n/a		31	9	n/a
Ireland	n/a		n/a		189	1
Czech Rep.	n/a		n/a		157	2
Belgium	n/a		n/a		100	5
Slovakia	n/a		n/a		92	8
Australia	n/a		n/a		88	10
USA	15,2	15	8	37	89	9
UK	10,0	25	17	20	97	6

(source : Stephane BATIGNE, La France dans le monde, ViaMedias, 2006)

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Wine : production, exportation, importation

million of hectoliters  Production 2005  Exports 2005  Export trend 2006/2005  France  50,5  14,6  +0,5%  Italy  50,5  17  +0,5%  Spain  35,3  13,9  -0,5%  U.S.A.  33,1  3,8  +0,3%  Australia  15,6  8,3  +1,3%  Argentina  15,2      Germany  10,5  3,2  +0,2%  Chile  7,9  4,5  +0,3%  South Africa  7,6      Portugal  7,3

Imports 2005  % 2005/2001  Germany  12,6  +15%  U.K.  11,9  +25%  U.S.A.  6,2  +47%  Netherlands  3,6  +14%  Belgium  2,5  +7%  Canada  2,0  +29%  Switzerland  1,7  -3%  Denmark  1,6  =  Sweden  1,5  +16%  Japan  1,3  -8% (Source : Vinexpo/Organistion Internationale du Vin - le Figaro 18/6/2007)

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