Malt whisky exports soar for Scotch

Scotch malt whisky exports soared worldwide last year, with over 55m bottles of malt whisky shipped overseas, according to export figures for 2004 released by The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA). Exports broke the ?2bn barrier for the twelfth year in succession, with over ?2.2bn worth of whisky shipped overseas. The volume of bottled in Scotland malt whisky sent overseas grew by 12% (+6.1m bottles), with bottled blends also up 1% (+9.2m bottles). The 2004 figures revealed it had been a record year in Chine, with exports increasing by 165% (!) in value to over ?25m. Just 5 years ago, Scotch exports to Chine were worth around ?1m. The top 10 export markets by sales volume (in million bottles) are:
1. France (136.2)
2. USA (118.2)
3. Spain (111.9)
4. Thailand (44.4)
5. Germany (36.3)
6. South Korea (33.8)
7. Australia (28.6)
8. South Africa (26.9)
9. Greece (26.9)
10. Venezuela (24.9)

A skot whisky export szarnyalt az elmult evben. A Skot Whisky Szovetseg (SWA) nemregiben kiadott 2004. evre vonatkozo jelentese szerint, 55 millio palack malata whiskyt exportaltak Skociabol. Immar egymast koveto 12 even keresztul sikerult felulmulni a 2 milliard angol fontos export szintet, a legutobbi evben ugyanis 2,2 milliard angol font ertekben ertekesitettek skot whiskyt barhol a tengerentulon. A palackozott skot malt whiskyk ertekesitese 12%-kal (6,1 millio palackkal), mig a blended whiskyke 1%-kal (9,2 millio palackkal) nott. A szamok szerint 2004 rekord ev volt a kinai piac szamara, ahova az export 165%-kal (!) nott es elerte a 25 millio angol font erteket. Ot evvel ezelott az export Kinaba meg nem volt tobb mint 1 millio font. A vilag top 10 export piaca a skot whisky ertekesites szerint (millio palackban):
1. Franciaorszag (136.2)
2. USA (118.2)
3. Spanyolorszag (111.9)
4. Thaifold (44.4)
5. Nemetorszag (36.3)
6. Del-Korea (33.8)
7. Ausztralia (28.6)
8. Del-Afrika (26.9)
9. Gorogorszag (26.9)
10. Venezuela (24.9)