Whisky: USA

(asked on 8th February 2022) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 21st February 2022

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.

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