Global Champagne shipments fall by 2% in 2025
The number of bottles of Champagne shipped worldwide, including the domestic market, totalled 266m in 2025 – representing a decline of 5m bottles, or a drop of 2% on the previous year.
The figures, which were sent to the drinks business yesterday, show that in terms of volumes shipped, Champagne has now reached the lowest level of the past 20 years, except for the anomalous 2020, when the first wave of Covid-related lockdowns saw shipments drop to 254m bottles from almost 300m the year before (see figures, bottom).
Bringing down the total in 2025, which is the third year of declining volumes for Champagne since a post-Covid high of 326m bottles in 2022, has been a number of factors, including the negative impact of geo-political tensions around the world and consumption trends towards moderation. Causing further damage to sales of the fine French fizz have been economic factors, such as falling disposable incomes, exacerbated by the rising cost of Champagne, which has made it more expensive (even though recent discounting in key markets such as the UK has made shelf-prices more accessible).
The majority of the decrease in 2025 volume shipments was due to France, which is Champagne’s largest single market and suffered a drop of almost 4m bottles from 118.2m in 2024 to 114m over the last year.
Meanwhile, exports of Champagne fell marginally, shedding 1.2m bottles in 2025, dropping from 153.2m in 2024 to 152m total last year.
More detailed market breakdowns are not yet available, but the overall global performance of Champagne in 2025 was deemed acceptable by the presidents of the Comité Champagne considering the context – there has been little cause for celebration during a year marked by armed conflict and trade wars.
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Indeed, the year-end performance of Champagne was good relative to trading during the summer, with shipments in August down almost 7% – a downward trend that should it have continued, would see the region struggle to reach an annual total of 220m bottles, as db noted in September.
Champagne shipments (bottles) 2025-1999:
2025:266m
2024: 271m
2023: 299m
2022: 326m
2021: 320m
2020: 245m
2019: 297.5m
2018: 301.9m
2017: 307.3m
2016: 306.1m
2015: 313m
2014: 307m
2013: 305m
2012: 309m
2011: 323m
2010: 319m
2009: 293m
2008: 322.5m
2007: 338.7m
2006: 321.8m
2005: 307.7m
2004: 301.4m
2003: 293.5m
2002: 287.7m
2001: 262.7m
2000: 253.2m
1999: 327m
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