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Gold reference

$4,321.20/oz

Futures reference · USD per oz

Silver reference

$64.80/oz

Futures reference · USD per oz

Scotch trade access

3 markets
updated

2026 tariff context

Yahoo Finance futures reference. These figures are not LBMA spot benchmarks, dealing quotes, or valuations.

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Public reference series

Gold

Index · 2016 = 100

Selected observation

Aug 2026 · 350

Latest indexed observation

Zero baseline · 11 observations · 2016 to Aug 2026

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Point comparison

2025 → Aug 2026

272 to 350

Evidence: all 11 published observations

Source: LBMA Gold Price. LBMA annual average prices and PM benchmark reference; retrieved 29 August 2026.

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What this data can and can't tell you.

Every series above has a named public source and shows its down years. If a chart only ever goes up, ask what was left out.

Export figures measure finished whisky leaving the country. They are context for the industry — not a price index for any cask.

No public index exists for whisky casks. Anyone quoting one is usually quoting rare bottles at auction, which is a different market with different economics.

Past performance is not a guide to future results.

Trade context · 2026

2026: three markets opened.

In six months, China, India and the United States changed tariff treatment for UK whisky. These are effective dates, not announcement dates.

Effective change

2 February 2026 · China

10% → 5%

China applied a 5% provisional whisky import tariff from this effective date, down from the 10% most-favoured-nation rate.

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Effective change

15 July 2026 · India

150% → 75%

The UK–India agreement cut duties on UK whisky/whiskey to 75% on day one, with a staged reduction to 40% from year 10.

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Effective change

24 July 2026 · United States

10% → 0%

UK whisky returned to zero tariffs. The UK Government cites £933 million of Scotch exports to the US in 2025.

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Market access is an industry tailwind, not a promised return on any individual cask.

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