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date	31/03/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Spirits: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of growth potential for UK spirits exports to international markets.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	151145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Our Free Trade Agreements are unlocking new opportunities for our drink sector. Alcohol and other high-end goods are serving existing and rapidly expanding middle class markets in East Asia, South East Asia, Asia Pacific and the Gulf. Embracing these fast-growing markets will ensure our drink producers always have somewhere to sell their produce and be better prepared for the future.</p><p> </p><p>Our Free Trade Agreement with Australia will remove tariffs on all products, including UK whisky. This could provide a boost to whisky exports to Australia, already worth £115 million last year.</p><p> </p><p>A trade agreement with India could also boost whisky exports. Annual duties on UK whisky exports to India were estimated be around £164 million based on 2019 trade data.</p><p> </p><p>The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a growing market for UK food and drinks and joining CPTPP could provide greater opportunities to sell our highly competitive products. UK wine exports to CPTPP members more than doubled between 2016 and 2021 whilst exports in UK gin increased by almost 50%.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 25/04/2022 15:06:51 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1456336

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Spirits: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing or (b) removing non-tariff barriers faced by UK spirits exporters.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	151146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>British exports of spirits amounted to £5.7 billion in 2021. We are removing trade barriers so that the industry can grow further, enabling our world-class spirits to be enjoyed across the globe – from securing geographic indicator protection for Scotch Whisky in countries like Indonesia, to streamlining the process for importers in countries like Nigeria – and we are negotiating trade deals that will reduce barriers for British spirits exporters, like our deal with Australia that includes tariff free exports on all products including whisky and gin from the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 25/04/2022 16:33:58 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1456338

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Spirits: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the annual value of UK (a) whisky, (b) gin, (c) vodka and (d) rum exports.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	151147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>British food and drink are among the best in the world and renowned for their quality and provenance including spirits which are a key export product for the UK. In 2021, the UK’s largest food and drink export was whisky which amounted to £4.6bn. In 2021, UK exports of gin and geneva to the world amounted to £541.6m, vodka £40.4m and rum £55.0m. Trade data related to “spirits – beverages” is publicly available on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uktradeinfo.com%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csatvinder.juttla%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Cdd311c480fb9411288d808d9f5f406b0%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C637811250687686240%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=rKB3ATdT6AxnuRNmLzNDCjdMPPUi8XKTNq0emWZeK6g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a> under commodity code heading 22 of the Trade Tariff.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 25/04/2022 13:52:33 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes