WHISKY BY NUMBERS

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36 bottles of Scotch whisky are shipped from Scotland to 166 markets around the world each second, totalling over 1.14 billion a year

342,000 KM

There are currently 134 operating Scotch whisky distilleries across Scotland More than 10,000 people are directly employed in the Scotch whisky industry in Scotland...

...and over 40,000 jobs across the UK are supported by the industry...

...7,000 of these jobs are in rural areas providing vital employment and investment to communities across the Highlands and Islands

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To be classified as a Scotch whisky, the spirit must have been matured within oak casks in Scotland for a minimum of three years Laid end to end, those bottles would stretch about 342,000km – which is 90% of the distance to the moon

Some 22 million casks lie maturing in warehouses in Scotland just waiting to be discovered

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BILLION

Scotch whisky exports are worth £3.8 billion each year (down from £4.9bn pre-Covid)