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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: How Scottish Independence Might Affect Scotch Whisky [Watch (HLS stream): How Scottish Independence Might Affect Scotch Whisky](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/z29Acri1.m3u8) (2:34)  _Published 2014-09-13. How Scottish Independence Might Affect Scotch Whisky_ --- Jul 27, 2023 5:14 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [How Beef Jerky Might Affect the Risk of Mania](/video/I4v2S91v/) ### How Beef Jerky Might Affect the Risk of Mania [Willie's Views On Scottish Independence _ THE SIMPSONS _ ANIMATION on FOX](/video/JdsX5TBY/) ### Willie's Views On Scottish Independence \_ THE SIMPSONS \_ ANIMATION on FOX [How to Drink Scotch: TIME Explains](/video/Na3rSjFP/) ### How to Drink Scotch: TIME Explains --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] This is Scotland's second biggest export. It brings in almost $ 7 billion a year, and 40 bottles of the stuff are shipped abroad every second. Well Scotch whiskey is an international icon for Scotland. This is a product of great history, great authenticity and great taste and you'll find a Scotch whiskey for every person. And for Scotland it's special because it's a cornerstone of our economy. One pound in every five of Scottish exports is Scottish whiskey and something that has a real place in Scottish society. Distilleries are inevitably stop offs on the referendum campaign tours. The man leading the charge for the yes campaign says the drink will thrive under independence. It's scotch whiskey. It's going to sell in the world wide stage regardless of the constitutional state. This is Scotland. A great whiskey company and it is fantastic to have them. Though their big enough to look after themselves, but the smaller companies will benefit from that additional profile. That additional cushion of Scotland on the world wide stage. But the industry doesn't buy it. Scotch whiskey has protected status at the moment. It can only be made here. It's a product that has to be distilled and matured here in Scotland. Matured for at least three years. And we take the protection of that definition very seriously. And there's an uncertainty as to what might happen to that protection, if there's any break in the continuity of Scottish membership of the EU. And that's not the only thing worrying the industry. When 9 out of every 10 bottles of Scotch whiskey is sold overseas, international influence in trade agreements and trade negotiations, the ability to tackle trade barriers is important. At the moment we have, a U. K. government with embassies in 200 markets that, Does very well on those sort of issues. The Scottish government is proposing an embassy network of between 70 and 90 at the start. And of course, that is an issue, a potential risk for us if we have issues in some of those markets where there would be no representation in the future. If there is a one thing that business, it's uncertainty. And some industries like banking are making contingency plans to move, if there is a yes vote. But whisky is intrinsically Scottish and has no choice but to ride this one out. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Scottish Independence Might Affect Scotch Whisky","description":"How Scottish Independence Might Affect Scotch Whisky","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/z29Acri1/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-13T18:54:37.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/z29Acri1.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/z29Acri1/","duration":"PT2M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/z29Acri1/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```