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Who buys the United Kingdom’s whisky? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $8.1 billion of whisky (852 thousand tonnes), 58.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (17%), France (7%) and Singapore (7%). The United Kingdom was the world’s largest exporter of whisky.

Summary

Value
$8.1billion
Tonnes
852thousand tonnes
Share of world total
58.6%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.4Tonnes: 76,720USD per tonne: $18,01217.1%Sea
France0.6Tonnes: 93,632USD per tonne: $6,4287.4%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.59Tonnes: 24,661USD per tonne: $23,8347.3%Sea
Taiwan0.55Tonnes: 20,431USD per tonne: $26,8496.8%Sea
Japan0.34Tonnes: 39,119USD per tonne: $8,7264.2%Sea
India0.33Tonnes: 65,788USD per tonne: $4,9954.1%Sea
China0.3Tonnes: 20,774USD per tonne: $14,6513.8%Sea
Germany0.29Tonnes: 39,649USD per tonne: $7,3123.6%Sea
Spain0.26Tonnes: 35,816USD per tonne: $7,3413.2%Sea
Turkey0.25Tonnes: 31,729USD per tonne: $7,8433.1%Sea
Poland0.2Tonnes: 31,598USD per tonne: $6,3672.5%Sea
South Korea0.2Tonnes: 21,659USD per tonne: $9,2082.5%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.19Tonnes: 16,993USD per tonne: $10,9122.3%Sea
Australia0.18Tonnes: 17,099USD per tonne: $10,4392.2%Sea
Brazil0.18Tonnes: 45,499USD per tonne: $3,9222.2%Sea
Canada0.16Tonnes: 14,577USD per tonne: $10,6801.9%Sea
Dominican Republic0.13Tonnes: 8,889USD per tonne: $14,8691.6%Sea
Mexico0.12Tonnes: 18,818USD per tonne: $6,4131.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.1Tonnes: 14,118USD per tonne: $7,0641.2%Sea
Ukraine0.09Tonnes: 13,808USD per tonne: $6,3591.1%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 1.4
  • France 0.6
  • Singapore 0.59
  • Taiwan 0.55
  • Japan 0.34

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.471.4
France0.370.6
Singapore0.060.59
Taiwan0.140.55
Japan0.310.34

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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