MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Future of wine exports – new target markets and trade agreements by 2050 – E-000974/2025

Question for written answer  E-000974/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Christine Schneider (PPE)

Because of falling birth rates and declining per capita consumption in the largest and traditional consumer countries, the potential for growth in wine sales over the next 20 years is likely to be concentrated in new regions and countries.

By 2050, half of global population growth is likely to be concentrated in just nine countries: India, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, the United States of America, Uganda and Indonesia. Accordingly, those countries are potential target markets for wine exports.

• 1.Which countries does the Commission regard as promising outlets for EU wines by 2050?
• 2.With which of those countries are there already trade agreements to promote wine exports, and with which of them is the Commission planning to enter into new agreements?
• 3.How do sales promotion arrangements need to be adapted so that these prospective export markets can be targeted now?

Submitted: 6.3.2025