Scotland-India Strategic Market Insight Report
The Scotland-India Strategic Market Insight Report provides an independent, evidence-based assessment of the Indian market, identifying where Scotland's key sectors, capabilities and export strengths align with India's current and future demand.
Footnotes
1 UKIBC estimates based on triangulation of data from various sources. Refer to annex 2 for detailed working
2 UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) – UK-India Trade Factsheet / ONS Pink Book
3 Calculated from UK DBT Trade Factsheets
4 Office for National Statistics (ONS) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
5 CII-Grant Thornton India Meets Britain Report 2026
6 Scottish Government's GDP Quarterly National Accounts
7 UK–India Free Trade Agreement: Impact Assessment, Department of Business and Trade
8 UK–India Free Trade Agreement: Impact Assessment, Department of Business and Trade, Press Information Bureau and India-UK Vision 2035
9 UK–India Free Trade Agreement: Impact Assessment, Department of Business and Trade
10 UK Government's Department for Business and Trade (DBT) India Trade and Investment Factsheet
11 FDI synopsis on country United Kingdom, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
12 UK Government's Department for Business and Trade (DBT) India Trade and Investment Factsheet
13 CII-Grant Thornton India Meets Britain Report 2026
14 Office for National Statistics (ONS)
15 Scottish Government GDP Quarterly National Accounts (2025 Q4)
16 HMRC Regional Trade Statistics, Consulate General of India, Edinburgh
17 HMRC Regional Trade Statistics, Consulate General of India, Edinburgh
18 Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) – 2025 Export Statistics
19 UK–India Free Trade Agreement: Impact Assessment (2025)
20 UK–India CETA – Chapter 2: Trade in Goods and Annex 2A (India's Schedule of Tariff Commitments)
21 Department for Business and Trade (2025), UK–India Trade Deal: Conclusion Agreement Summary
22 Department for Business and Trade (2025), UK–India Free Trade Agreement: Impact Assessment (Regional and National Impacts – Scotland)
23 Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) – 2025 Export Statistics
24 Scotch Whisky Association (2026), 2025 Export Figures; Department for Business and Trade (2025), UK–India Trade Deal: Conclusion Agreement Summary; Scotland Office (2025)
25 Salmon Scotland (2026), UKIBC estimates based on triangulation of data from various sources. Refer to annex 2 for detailed working
26 UK-India trade deal: conclusion agreement summary, Department of Business and Trade
27 Department for Business and Trade's Conclusion Agreement Summary, UKIBC estimates based on triangulation of data from various sources. Refer to annex 2 for detailed working
28 Estimated as £1 billion boost by Scotch Whisky Association in its recent publication - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-hails-trade-deal-successes-for-scotland
29 NASSCOM – Strategic Review 2025, Scottish Government – National Strategy for Economic Transformation
30 UKIBC research and analysis
31 Scottish Government – Offshore Wind to Green Hydrogen: Opportunity Assessment, UKIBC estimates based on triangulation of data from various sources. Refer to annex 2 for detailed working
32 UKIBC estimates based on triangulation of data from various sources. See annex 2 for detailed working
33 UKIBC estimates based on triangulation of data from various sources. See annex 2 for detailed working
34 UKIBC estimates based on triangulation of data from various sources. See annex 2 for detailed working
35 UKIBC estimates based on triangulation of data from various sources. See annex 2 for detailed working
36 UKIBC estimates based on triangulation of data from various sources. See annex 2 for detailed working
37 National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC)
38 UKIBC research and analysis
39 Government of Maharashtra Economic Survey, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
40 UKIBC research and analysis
41 Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, State GSDP estimates
42 UKIBC research and analysis
43 UKIBC research and analysis
44 UKIBC research and analysis
45 UKIBC estimates based on triangulation of data from various sources. See annex 2 for detailed working
46 UK-India CETA Chapter 2: Trade in Goods, Department of Business and Trade
Contact
Email: Monika.Wieckowska@gov.scot