Ukraine processed 31,963 thousand tons of grapes into wine materials in 2024, which is 36.5% less than in 2023, the State Statistics Service reported. According to the data, wine material producers last year processed 9,771 thousand tons of grapes grown on their own farms and 22,192 thousand tons of purchased grapes, which amounted to 30.6% and 69.4%, respectively.
This is reported by ProAgro Group with reference to Open4Business.
The most popular varieties among processors in the analyzed period were “Aligote”, of which 5220.3 tons were processed (16.3% of the total volume of processed raw materials), “Chardonnay” – 4015.9 tons (12.6%), “Cabernet Sauvignon” – 2742 tons (8.6%), “Rkatsiteli” – 2179.6 tons (6.8%), “Muscat” – 1973.5 tons (6.2%), “Riesling” – 1792.6 tons (5.6%), “Saperavi” – 1595.4 tons (5%), “Pinot” – 1415.1 tons (4.4%), “Sauvignon” and “Odessa Black” – 1080 tons each (3.4%), and others.
As a result, in the 2024 season, the production of wine materials decreased by 38.1%, to 2.391 million dal of wine materials, pr