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Question reference: S5W-36202

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: 11 March 2021
Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 March 2021

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the value of whisky exports since 2016, broken down by (i) region and (ii) country.

Answer

Please find information in the following tables.

Table 1. UK Exports of Scotch Whisky between 2016-2020, by Region (Ranked by 2019 Value)
			Value (£000’s)
			2016	2017	2018	2019	2020*
Scotch whisky (1)			4,008,996	4,367,424	4,712,119	4,924,614	3,813,023
	1	European Union	1,241,428	1,381,710	1,407,504	1,488,132	1,264,923
	2	North America	1,040,651	1,116,054	1,260,322	1,284,294	904,016
	3	Asia and Oceania	894,557	980,380	1,127,532	1,238,504	998,003
	4	Latin America and Caribbean	339,186	336,372	368,441	378,207	259,680
	5	Middle East and North Africa	233,927	262,021	274,630	239,093	120,961
	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	150,690	172,224	158,150	176,090	137,389
	7	Western Europe excluding EU	91,134	94,935	84,681	83,141	92,692
	8	Eastern Europe excluding EU	17,407	23,705	30,829	37,120	35,357
	9	Stores and Provisions	16	24	31	33	2

Source: HMRC OTS, accessed 12 March 2021. Includes BTTA estimates and unscheduled revisions.

* Provisional figures; (1) Includes all varieties of Scotch whisky using the CN8 codes 22083030, 22083041,
22083049, 22083061, 22083069, 22083071, 22083079;
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Table 2. UK Exports of Scotch Whisky between 2016-2020, by Top 10 Country
		Destination and Value (£000’s)
		2016		2017		2018		2019		2020*
Scotch whisky (1)		4,008,996		4,367,424		4,712,119		4,924,614		3,813,023
	1	USA	855,583	USA	921,737	USA	1,039,490	USA	1,068,942	USA	728,923
	2	France	416,698	France	427,577	France	437,399	France	426,810	France	371,423
	3	Singapore	224,730	Singapore	290,705	Singapore	319,873	Singapore	299,633	Singapore	246,944
	4	Taiwan	174,911	Germany	186,304	Germany	176,907	Taiwan	205,358	Taiwan	181,829
	5	Germany	164,063	Spain	168,951	Taiwan	168,389	Germany	187,297	Latvia	176,503
	6	Spain	159,891	Taiwan	160,348	Spain	166,203	Spain	174,321	Germany	140,605
	7	UAE	131,303	UAE	129,750	UAE	146,874	India	166,208	Japan	114,392
	8	Mexico	111,487	Latvia	120,509	India	138,798	Japan	146,836	Australia	113,090
	9	Australia	100,286	S. Africa	114,200	Mexico	131,543	Latvia	142,595	China	106,941
	10	India	96,514	Mexico	111,050	Latvia	131,116	Mexico	120,902	Spain	105,023

Source: HMRC OTS, accessed 12 March 2021. Includes BTTA estimates and unscheduled revisions.

* Provisional figures; (1) Includes all varieties of Scotch whisky using the CN8 codes 22083030,
22083041, 22083049,
22083061, 22083069, 22083071, 22083079;
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This information has been extracted using HMRC’s Overseas Trade Statistics data files available at:
https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/

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