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Direct exports of whisky to China and Hong Kong reached 63.6m pounds in just nine months, according to new figures announced by First Minister Alex Salmond in China today.

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First Minister Alex Salmond has toasted a Beijing business which has unveiled ambitious plans to create the country's largest Scotch whisky sales network - 300 stores in three years. These retail outlets alone are buying over £20 million of whisky annually from Scotland.

An ambitious Scottish manufacturing company, KDM Shopfitting Ltd, has doubled its manufacturing facility as it moves into bespoke new premises in Dalgety Bay, a move which is expected to lift the company’s turnover to more than £7 million in its first full year in its new premises - an increase of almost 20 per cent.

Over 130 companies attend export Europe event in Edinburgh