United Kingdom whisky imports: Leading 5 countries ranked by value 2020

In 2020, the United States was the biggest supplier of Whiskey imported into the United Kingdom. Imports from the U.S. came to over 74 million British pounds. The Irish Republic was the second biggest supplier, but with a little over half of U.S. values.

UK Whiskey imports

The European community were responsible for the largest value imports coming from any trading region. North America was the second leading source of whiskey imports with the U.S. making up over 97 percent if that. Speaking in terms of import volume, the UK imported 16 million liters of Whiskey in 2019.

UK made Whiskey

The sales volume of whisky manufactured in the UK amounted to over 740 thousand liters of pure alcohol in 2019 generating over 4 billion pounds in sales value. The sales price of whiskey per hectoliter of pure alcohol was 5,531 pounds that year.