date:Nov 22, 2012
ernational potential.
Record high
The visit comes off the back of Scottish food and drink exports to Asia reaching a record high of more than 1bn in 2011, with exports to Japan increasing by 25% year-on-year to 91M.
Furthermore, between 2007 and 2011, food and drink exports increased by 87% to 183M.
This success has resulted in the industry revising its export target of 5.1bn to 7.1bn by 2017 after the initial target was met six years early.
A spokesman said: The target has gone up by 2bn,