Sales Of Us Whiskey Continue To Grow In The Uk

Latest figures show that US whiskey imports into the UK continue to rise. In 2018, the equivalent of 27.6m bottles of US whiskey were exported to the UK, which is more than double the amount sent here ten years ago, and an increase over 14m bottles on 2008. The growth in whiskey from the US comes in spite of a 25% tariff on the product, imposed in June 2018 by the EC in response to the imposition of tariffs on steel imported to the US from overseas. In total, the imported whiskey category, which includes US, Japan and Irish amongst others, was worth almost £800m in the last 12m.