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Who buys the United States’ whisky? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $1.5 billion of whisky (202 thousand tonnes), 10.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (12%), Australia (8%) and France (7%). The United States was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of whisky.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
202thousand tonnes
Share of world total
10.6%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany175Tonnes: 24,655USD per tonne: $7,10011.9%Sea
Australia111Tonnes: 17,865USD per tonne: $6,2027.5%Sea
France99.7Tonnes: 12,838USD per tonne: $7,7666.8%Sea
United Kingdom94.7Tonnes: 14,062USD per tonne: $6,7336.4%Sea
Poland92Tonnes: 9,076USD per tonne: $10,1356.3%Sea
Japan84.7Tonnes: 17,812USD per tonne: $4,7555.8%Sea
Italy78.4Tonnes: 6,291USD per tonne: $12,4685.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports77.2Tonnes: 9,989USD per tonne: $7,7265.2%Sea
Canada73.9Tonnes: 7,517USD per tonne: $9,8315%Land
Spain73.9Tonnes: 21,466USD per tonne: $3,4415%Sea
Brazil66.4Tonnes: 7,066USD per tonne: $9,3954.5%Sea
United Arab Emirates44.8Tonnes: 3,782USD per tonne: $11,8383%Sea
Singapore re-exports24.4Tonnes: 3,657USD per tonne: $6,6771.7%Sea
South Korea23.9Tonnes: 3,095USD per tonne: $7,7271.6%Sea
New Zealand20.5Tonnes: 2,167USD per tonne: $9,4611.4%Sea
Romania18.7Tonnes: 1,412USD per tonne: $13,2521.3%Sea
Mexico17.5Tonnes: 3,655USD per tonne: $4,7941.2%Land
Ukraine16.2Tonnes: 2,953USD per tonne: $5,4841.1%Sea
Turkey15.6Tonnes: 3,901USD per tonne: $3,9931.1%Sea
China14.2Tonnes: 2,620USD per tonne: $5,4090.96%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany has been its main destination since 2018

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

  • Germany 175
  • Australia 111
  • France 99.7
  • United Kingdom 94.7
  • Poland 92

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany62.7175
Australia35111
France23.999.7
United Kingdom40.594.7
Poland0.1792

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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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