US Export Plan - Sector Report - Food and Drink

Footnotes

1 See - Scotland Food and Drink - Input to the 2024-25 Scottish Budget

2 See - Scottish Development International - Industries: Scottish Food and Drink

3 Sector Briefing – Food and Drink. Office of the Chief Economic Adviser (Dec 2025)

4 Food & Drinks Federation Scotland – Facts and Figures

5 See - Written submission from Scotch Whisky Association (UKT0029)

6 See - Scotch Whisky exports to United States down 15% since tariffs implemented

7 BiGGAR Economics & Salmon Scotland: The Economic Impact of Scottish Salmon Farming (Nov 2025)

8 See - Scottish salmon remains the UK’s top food export | Salmon Scotland

9 See - Our Industry Strategy | Scotland Food & Drink

10 The Scottish Parliament - Scotland's exports - policy and statistics Food and Drink

11 See - U.s. Specialty Food Market Size, Trends and Forecast to 2032

12 See - Fine Dining Restaurants in the US Industry Data and Analysis - IBISWorld

13 See - Alcoholic Beverage Industry - United States Market Overview

14 See - Forbes - The Rise Of Functional Beverages Among Millennials And Gen Z (2025)

15 See - Scotland's food and drink industry - overview and opportunities

16 See - Sodexo and Harris Interactive Introduce Action-Oriented International Sustainable Food Barometer

17 See - Scottish Enterprise: Evaluation of the Scotland Food and Drink Export Plan 2019-2024

18 Source: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics (RTS) June 2025 (Current prices)

19 See - Modelling the long-run economic impacts of a stylised US tariff increase: technical paper

20 See - Written submission from Scotch Whisky Association (UKT0029)

21 See - U.S. seafood imports exceeded exports by $20.3 billion in 2023 | Economic Research Service

22 Source: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics (RTS) June 2025 (Current prices)

23 See - Scotch Whisky exports to United States down 15% since tariffs implemented

24 See - The State of the Whiskey Market | SevenFifty Daily

25 See - Key US states for American whiskey are softening – why? - IWSR

26 See - Top five biggest spirits by volume in US in 2024 - The Spirits Business

27 See 2024 Irish Whiskey in the U.S. Fact Sheet NEW

28 See - The Rise of Non-Alcoholic Beverages - Mintel

29 Source: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics (RTS) June 2025 (Current prices)

Commodity group ‘03: Fish, crustaceans, molluscs & aq.inverts & preps thereof’

30 See - Scottish salmon remains the UK’s top food export | Salmon Scotland

31 BiGGAR Economics & Salmon Scotland: The Economic Impact of Scottish Salmon Farming (Nov 2025)

32 See - Scottish salmon export sales poised to hit £1 billion amid strong global demand | Salmon Scotland

33 See - Salmon farmers support Scottish sales push in States

34 See - Millbrook reports strong US export sales - Dairy Industries (Jan 2026)

35 See - The Scottish Red Meat Industry: Profile (2025 edition)

36 See - Scottish Government - Results from the Scottish Agricultural Census

37 See - Bottle bill states and how they work | TOMRA

38 See - Apply for an export health certificate - GOV.UK

39 See - What is a Dry County? Exploring Alcohol Prohibition and Its Impact

40 See - Retail Shelf Strategy with the Trax Retail Guide to Shelf Space Cost

41 Source: PitchBook (downloaded 27 Nov 2025)

42 See - Alcoholic Beverage Industry - United States Market Overview

43 See - Alcoholic Beverage Industry - United States Market Overview

44 See - NABCA Pennsylvania