Scotland’s food and drink industry has recorded the highest exports on record.
Exports of food and drink to the world was worth £8 billion in 2022, an increase of a third (30.6%) on the previous year and 8.1% above the 2019 pre-Covid peak.
Scotland’s total goods exports increased by 20.5% compared with 2021, which is higher than the 13.3% increase experienced by the UK as a whole.
Food exports have increased to an all-time high of £1.9 billion, an increase of 12.8% on 2021.