Sales in six months to end of December decline 10% to AUD1.27bn (US$906.3m)Treasury Americas jumps 13.6% in fiscal-H1 to AUD465.9mPenfolds tumbles 16.3% to AUD382.7m thanks to China absence A strong showing in the 'Americas' provided a fillip for Treasury Wine Estates in the second half of last year, as the absence of sales in China for the group continue to bed in. In results for the first half of fiscal-2022, to the end of December, the company reported a year-on-year decline of 10%. Offsetting the removal of the Chinese market, brought on by 2020's introduction of prohibitive tariffs on Australian wine by the country's government, was a 13.6% sales jump from the 'Treasury Americas' reporting division. The double-digit decrease was skewed by divestitures at the lower-value end in the US a year ago. Stripping out the offloaded assets, group sales in the six months were down by a less-severe 3.8%. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r