Whisky: Exports

Department for International Trade written question – answered at on 3 February 2017.

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Photo of Anne-Marie Trevelyan Anne-Marie Trevelyan Conservative, Berwick-upon-Tweed

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on potential increases in the amount of Scotch whisky exported.

Photo of Mark Garnier Mark Garnier Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade)

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland on the 1st of January 2017, UIN 61800; copied below:

Whisky is a major export worth £3.9 billion in 2015 and there are opportunities for future growth. We are fully engaged with the Scotch Whisky Association and are working to maintain access to current markets and open new ones through a range of tools to strengthen our trade relationships.

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