France, Feb. 15 -- French exports of wine and spirits fell last year, as the sector grapples with the fallout from a trade dispute with China - and faces the threat of United States tariffs.

Foreign sales of wine, champagne, cognac and other French alcoholic beverages totalled €15.6 billion in 2024, down 4 percent from the previous year, according to figures released by the French Wine and Spirits Exports Federation (FEVS) on Tuesday.

The organisation attributed the decline to "a context still marked by economic and geopolitical tensions".Trump's tariffs

Sales of French alcohol to the United States, its top foreign market, grew by 5 percent last year. However, French wine and spirits exporters - alongside other businesses in the ...