"China's wine consumption has become the second largest in the world. According to the evaluation of the Russian side, Russian wine and wine products have broad prospects in the Chinese market." "Alexey Dakhnovsky, Russia's commercial representative in China, said at a product promotion event of Russia's Abram Durso Winery in Beijing recently.

"Both China and Russia have rich wine cultures. There is a Saying in Russia, 'Without vodka, you will be healthier, but not happy'. With the continuous development of bilateral economic and trade relations between China and Russia, Russian wine products enter the Chinese market and are favored by more and more Chinese consumers." At the promotion meeting, the words of Cao Derong, president of China Chamber of Commerce of Food, Native Produce and Livestock Import and Export, resonated with the Chinese and Russian friends present.

"The Chinese market is huge and competitive. Russian food companies should formulate clear strategies to provide better quality and green products, and make their products more suitable for The tastes of Chinese consumers." "Dakhenovsky said.

As a wine producer with a history of more than 150 years, Chateau Abdeland Durso officially entered the Chinese market in 2019 by opening a branch in Shanghai. According to Nadezhda Nazarova, general manager of Operations at Abram Wines (Shanghai) Co., LTD., the huge potential of wine consumption makes the Chinese market attractive. "We expect Russian wine exports to China to show an increasing trend in the next few years."

Cao Derong told China Trade News that although sparkling wine from Russia currently accounts for a relatively small share in the bilateral wine trade, it has great potential. Last year, China imported us $110,000 of Sparkling Wine from Russia, up 12% year on year. Imports from January to October were $140,000, up 46 percent from a year earlier. Last year, China imported 23 million DOLLARS of wine products from Russia, and from January to October this year, the import amount was 29 million dollars, up 47 percent year on year. Beer accounted for nearly 80 percent of the total, followed by vodka and bottled wine. With the upgrading of consumption in China's super-large market and the continuous promotion of high-level opening-up, Russian sparkling wine enterprises, including Abron-Durso Winery, have a promising future in China.

According to previous Russian media reports, Russia plans to increase its grape planting area to 30,000 hectares by 2025. At the same time, Russia is actively expanding its overseas markets. As a big wine consumer, China is one of the markets Russia wants to explore.

Trade between China and Russia has grown strongly since 2021, with bilateral trade in goods reaching $115.6 billion in the first 10 months of this year, surpassing the total volume of last year and hitting a record high, according to China's Ministry of Commerce. According to the statistics of the General Administration of Customs of China, from January to October 2021, Russia's food exports to China reached 3.5 billion US dollars, up 3.5% year on year.

At the fourth China International Import Expo held recently, more than 30 Russian enterprises were located in the exhibition areas of food and agricultural products, consumer goods and automobiles, among which more than 20 were food and agricultural products enterprises. Many Russian enterprises have participated in the four ciIE in a row, among which Abram Durso Winery is a regular participant.

In addition, to continue to promote the high-quality development of bilateral trade, China and Russia have drawn up a Roadmap for the High-quality Development of China-Russia Trade in goods and Services, making plans for reaching the target of $200 billion in bilateral trade. The two sides also agreed to promote the growth of cross-border e-commerce and trade in services, improve facilitation, expand access to agricultural products and make good use of exhibition platforms.