Grapes & wine: Overview
Wine, raisins, juice and brandy from one fruit
What this tab covers What the commodity is used for, why, in what volumes and with what alternatives, and its chain from mine or field to end user. Also the latest price moves, top recent news, three things to know, and buttons into each tab.Key uses
| Use | Share | Annual volume | Why this commodity | Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Table grapes eaten fresh | 40% | about 30 Mt a yearbasis | Seedless table grapes are a convenient, sweet fruit that stores for weeks in cold chain, so southern-hemisphere growers in Peru, Chile and South Africa supply northern markets in winter. China and India grow table grapes mainly for their own consumers. USDA PSD (Oct 2026); FAOSTAT 2024 | Other fresh fruit (apples, citrus, berries) |
| Wine | n/a | 225.8 million hectolitres of wine in 2024basis | Wine grapes (Vitis vinifera varieties) are grown for sugar, acidity and flavour rather than size, at low yields under appellation rules in Europe. Wine stores for years and carries brand and origin premiums, so France and Italy alone earn 56% of world wine export value. OIV, State of the World Vine and Wine Sector 2024 (Apr 2025); UN Comtrade HS 2204, 2024 | Beer and spirits Other fruit wines |
| Raisins and other dried grapes | n/a | n/a basis | Drying concentrates sugar and lets grapes keep for a year without refrigeration. Turkey, the US (California), Iran and India (Sangli and Nashik in Maharashtra) are known producers; raisins go into snacks, cereals and bakery. | Dates, figs and other dried fruit |
| Juice, concentrate, grape-seed oil and distilled spirits | n/a | n/a basis | Concord and other juice grapes and surplus wine grapes are pressed for juice and concentrate, a sweetener in food and drinks. Pomace yields grape-seed oil and is distilled into brandy and grappa. | Apple juice and other fruit concentrates Other vegetable oils |
From field to user
- Vineyard establishment New vines take several years to reach full bearing; Nashik district alone has about 58,367 ha of grapes (India Sea Trade News, Mar 2025).
- Pruning and growing Indian growers prune twice a year and harvest one crop in January-April; world vineyard area harvested was 6.73 Mha in 2024 (FAOSTAT).
- Harvest and packing (table grapes) Bunches are cut, trimmed, pre-cooled and packed in pack-houses; Indian export farms register with APEDA's GrapeNet for residue monitoring (28,829 farmers and about 18,900 ha in 2024-25).
- Crushing and winemaking (wine grapes) Grapes are crushed, fermented, aged and bottled; world wine output was 225.8 million hl in 2024 (OIV).
- Cold-chain and bulk shipping Table grapes ship in reefer containers; wine moves in bottles or bulk flexitanks. World wine exports were worth $38.0 billion and fresh grape exports $12.5 billion in 2024 (UN Comtrade).
- Retail and food service Supermarkets sell grapes on seasonal programmes; wine reaches consumers through retail and restaurants, heavily taxed in India.
Price movement snapshot 2026-10-25
No public daily or monthly benchmark price for this commodity in the datasets used.
World production 75.9 m tonnes, 2024 Largest producer China 22.16% of worldThree things to know
- France and Italy together earned 56.3% of world wine export value in 2024 (UN Comtrade, HS 2204).
- World wine exports, at $38.0 billion in 2024, were about three times the value of grape exports.
- A 2003 frost cut Champagne yields to 8,250 kg per hectare, against an average of 10,400 (Geman).
Top recent news snapshot 2026-10-25, last 30 days
- Indian grape exports expected to recover after last season's declineFreshPlaza · 2026-10-16
- Brazilian grape exports rise 5.7% in third quarterFreshPlaza · 2026-10-09
- Uzbekistan's Ferghana Region exports grapes to South Korea for the first timeFreshPlaza · 2026-10-13
- Chilean table grape exports are expected to rise in the 2026-27 seasonFreshPlaza · 2026-09-30
- Moldovan table grape exports reach 17,700 tons worth €13.85 millionFreshPlaza · 2026-10-24