Volume Of Scotch Exports Grow In First Half 2016

The first 6m of 2016 were marked by improving Scotch whisky export performance, according to new analysis published by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA). Despite continued economic and political volatility in some markets, Scotch whisky's global export volume grew by 3.1% over the first half of the year, with the equivalent of 533m 70cl bottles shipped overseas, up from 517m for the same period a year earlier. This was the first growth in volume since the first half of 2013.