India topples France as UK's largest Scotch whisky market
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Sales pass £6bn for first time ever.
India has overtaken France to become the UK’s largest market of Scotch whisky in terms of volume with a 60 per cent hike in imports in 2022 over the previous year, according to the latest figures released by Scotland’s leading industry body.
Scotch whisky exports in 2022 rose to more than GBP6bn (US7.5bn) last year as the category benefited from a “post-pandemic bounce-back”.
EXPORTS of Scotch whisky topped £6 billion for the first time last year, figures from the industry showed.