Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the level of imports of bourbon whiskey from the United States to the UK for each year between 2016 to 2021.
HMRC is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly in its Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics, which is available here: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/
It is possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria here: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table/?id=fe2418fe-ac77-4e16-9cbd-e7fa8a8500a2
Statistics on imports of bourbon whiskey from the US between 2016 and 2021 are set out below.
Calendar Year | Net Mass (kg) | Supplementary Unit (Litres) | Value £ |
2016 | 12,471,221 | 5,301,569 | 81,888,310 |
2017 | 16,173,512 | 6,829,720 | 120,044,006 |
2018 | 7,773,522 | 3,496,934 | 55,492,104 |
2019 | 3,108,182 | 1,440,312 | 14,499,473 |
2020 | 4,749,687 | 2,282,670 | 20,749,231 |
2021 | 3,359,107 | 2,003,139 | 13,864,750 |
The figures for 2021 are provisional and cover January to November 2021. Statistics for December are yet to be published.