Cognac sales have increased by 10,7% (time period 2009-2010) – that makes about 150 million bottles of Cognac. 150 million! That would bring us back to the level of 2006/2007.
The nice message was announced by the Bureau national interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC).

It’s about 450 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol that was sold between August 2009 and July 2010, that would be about 160 million bottles. But wait, not all of it was bottled for Cognac sales but also some of the eaux-de-vie gets used for liquer production (Pineau).
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So the core drivers of the business are USA and China, Singapore, Malaysia etc.
For your information, see this graph of the 2009 Cognac market: