Our export sales continue to increase but our business in Asia has recently had an added boost. Previous sales in Macau and China have been overtaken by our first contract in Thailand. The initial order is underway and agreement to ship a couple of containers annually is in the final stages. We are confident that it will be the start of a long and fruitful relationship with our Thai customers.
Not to be outdone, a delegation of Chinese businessmen is visiting Brandyclassics next month to negotiate a much larger and longer term contract which could amount to five containers per annum. This presents a significant expansion of our sales in China to date and indicates that the Chinese demand for top quality cognac continues unabated. Fortunately the French arm of our business, SARL Hermitage, is ideally placed to provide the infrastructure and logistic support required to fulfill such large, on-going orders.
Coupled with our current customers in Russia and the Middle East, including the Raffles Group and Jurmeirah Hotels in Dubai, this expansion in our export market certainly confirms our position as a truly global supplier of luxury, vintage cognac.