Introduction
Food and Drink in Scotland: Definitions
Definition | Coverage | Standard Industrial Classification |
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Food and drink manufacturing | The manufacturing/ processing sector only | 15 Manufacture of food products, beverages |
Food and drink industry | Food and Drink Manufacturing | 15 Manufacture of food products, beverages |
Food and Drink Wholesaling | 51.3 Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco* |
Food and Drink Retailing | 52.1 Retail sale in non-specialised stores (excluding 52.12 Other retail sale in non-specialised stores) 52.2 Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores (excluding 52.26 Retail sale of tobacco products) |
Non Residential Catering | 55.3 Restaurants 55.4 Bars 55.5 Canteens and catering |
Food and drink key sector | Food and drink manufacturing plus agriculture, sea fishing and aquaculture | 15 Manufacture of food products, beverages plus 5.01 Fishing and 5.02 Operation of fish hatcheries and fish farms** |
Food and drink supply chain | Food and drink industry plus agriculture, sea fishing and aquaculture | As food and drink industry, plus 5.01 Fishing and 5.02 Operation of fish hatcheries and fish farms** |
* This includes 51.35 Wholesale of tobacco products, a very small sub-sector which could not be excluded due to disclosure reasons.
** SIC classifications are not used for agriculture as GVA, sales and employment data from ABI excludes the growing of crops and farming of animals activities, therefore data from the Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2008 are used in this publication.
Key Food and Drink Statistics at a glance:
Key statistics by different definitions of Food and Drink (for definitions see above)
| Food and Drink Key Sector | Food and Drink Industry | Food and Drink Supply Chain |
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Gross value added (2006) | £3.9 bn | £8.5 bn | £9.5 bn |
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Sales (2006) | £9.8 bn | £27.3 bn** | £29.6 bn** |
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Employment* (2007) | 117,826 | 290,359 | 362,169 |
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Exports*** (2007) | £4.8 bn | £4.9 bn | £5.0 bn |
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Number of business units (2007)**** | 54,503 | 22,230 | 75,530 |
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* Employment figures for agriculture comprise working occupiers, working spouses of occupiers and employees.
** Includes double counting where sales in one part of the chain are also counted in other parts of the chain.
*** Excludes exports to the rest of the UK
**** For agricultural sectors the number of holdings is used instead.
Breakdown of food and drink manufacturing
| Food and Drink Manufacturing | Food Manufacturing | Drink Manufacturing |
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Gross value added (2006) £bn | £3.0 bn | £1.3 bn | £1.7 bn |
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Sales (2006) £bn | £7.4 bn | £4.2 bn | £3.2 bn |
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Employment* (2007) | 46,016 | 34,692 | 11,324 |
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Exports Overseas (2007) £bn | £4.7 bn | £0.4 bn | £4.3 bn |
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Number of business units (2007) | 1,203 | 953 | 250 |
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* Excludes exports to the rest of the UK
Trend in food and drink manufacturing, 2002-2007
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Food and drink manufacturing as a % of Scottish manufacturing |
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Gross value added (£bn) | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 | n/a | 22.3% | (2006) |
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Sales (£bn) | 6.4 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.4 | n/a | 19.5% |
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Exports* (food) (£m) | 405 | 395 | 400 | 410 | 395 | 435 | 3.2% | (2007) |
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Exports*(drink) (£bn) | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 31.3% |
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Employment | 51,466 | 50,337 | 48,690 | 47,800 | 45,670 | 46,016 | 20.8% |
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* Excludes exports to the rest of the UK
Latest indicators for Scotland
Indicator | Latest update | Annual percentage change | Biennial percentage change* | Source |
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Food** exports | Quarter 1 2009 | + 9.4% | + 15.7% | HM Revenue & Customs |
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GVA (Food and drink manufacturing only) | Quarter 4 2008 | + 1.7% | + 4.8% | The Scottish Government |
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Retail Food Sales | May 2009 | + 9.5% | + 21% | Scottish Retail Consortium |
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Retail Sales - All Scottish Food and Drink Brands | May 2009 | + 5% (Scotland)
+ 11% ( GB) | + 18% (Scotland)
+ 21% ( GB) | TNS Worldpanel |
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Retail Sales - Scotch Beef | May 2009 | + 14% (Scotland)
+ 6% ( GB) | +22 (Scotland)
+12% ( GB) | TNS Worldpanel |
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Retail Sales - Scotch Lamb | May 2009 | + 15% (Scotland)
+ 20% ( GB) | + 18% (Scotland)
+ 25% ( GB) | TNS Worldpanel |
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* Change over two years to latest update
** Excludes exports to the rest of the UK. Includes live animals, animal feed, food manufacturing and food wholesale exports.