"The UK's Food and Drink Federation recently released data on imports and exports for the first half of 2025 - and it sure looks like Americans are picking up more of a taste for imported gin. Placing ninth on the Federation's list of top 10 exports for the first six months of 2025 was gin, with the volume shipped up 6.3% from a comparable period in 2024. The value of this gin was also up significantly from the same period last year - specifically, by 17.6%."
"That's only part of the story, however. The largest food or drink exported from the U.K. during this period was whisky, and the £2.5 billion (equivalent to $3.3 billion) was a significantly larger amount than the runner-up, salmon. The change in value for whisky originating in the U.K. from last year to this year was far smaller, however: just 1.0%. And the total volume actually dropped from 2024 to 2025 by 3.1%."
"When you look at trade between the U.K. and the U.S., the differing paths of gin and whisky become even more pronounced. In the first half of 2025, whisky exports to the U.S. dropped in value by 3.9% and in volume by 3.4%. By comparison, gin exports rose by 23.8% in value and 7.1% in volume."
U.K. gin exports increased in the first half of 2025, with overall volume up 6.3% and value up 17.6% versus the same period in 2024. Whisky remained the largest U.K. food or drink export at £2.5 billion, but its value change was only 1.0% and total volume fell 3.1%. Trade with the United States diverged: whisky exports to the U.S. declined in value by 3.9% and volume by 3.4%, while gin exports to the U.S. rose in value by 23.8% and volume by 7.1%. Exports of both spirits to Turkey increased, and a prospective U.K.-India trade deal could further boost exports.
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