UK beer production and exports by country 1899 - 1901

Just a short little post today. Along with some lovely, juicy fat numbers.

I'm a sucker for statistics. Especially ones that tell me something I didn't expect. Though the numbers do also confirm something I already knew.

Let's start with that. Scotland punched well above its weight when it came to beer exports. In the years covered, 38% to 55% of UK beer exports came from Scotland. Despite Scotland only having around 11% of the UK population. The percentage of production exported was also way higher: over 10% compared to under 2% for the UK as a whole.

And what was the surprise? How little beer Ireland exported. A mere 0.5% of production. Of course, huge quantities of beer were leaving Ireland. But they were only hopping over the Irish Sea. A couple of decades later Irish exports would massively increase. For the simple reason that Ireland gained its independence from the UK.

UK beer production and exports by country
	production			exports
	1899	1900	1901	1899	1900	1901
England & Wales	32,152,264	31,473,616	30,701,123	319,634	356,750	376,796
Scotland	2,206,149	2,112,385	2,116,055	229,188	330,310	238,093
Ireland	3,046,970	3,082,554	3,232,473	14,484	14,624	15,058
UK	37,404,383	36,668,655	36,139,651	563,306	591,714	630,847
Source:
The Brewers' Journal vol. 38 1902, February 15th 1902, page 98.

Percentage of output exported
	1899	1900	1901
England & Wales	0.99%	1.13%	1.23%
Scotland	10.39%	15.64%	11.25%
Ireland	0.48%	0.47%	0.47%
UK	1.51%	1.61%	1.75%
Source:
The Brewers' Journal vol. 38 1902, February 15th 1902, page 98.