US continues to dominate Irish whiskey exports

The USA remains the biggest market for Irish Whiskey, with over 5.47m cases recorded in this market in 2024, representing one of every three bottles of Irish Whiskey sold in the world. Picture: Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg

A record 16.15m cases of Irish Whiskey were sold last year, with the US continuing to dominate exports.

The Irish Whiskey Global Trade Report from the Irish Whiskey Association shows the top five international markets were the USA, Poland, Germany, India and the United Kingdom.