10 April 2025, 10:47 | Updated: 10 April 2025, 10:58

By Sam Filmus and Alan Zycinski

San Francisco-based ImpEx Beverages import more than 20,000 cases of premium spirits from the UK every year.

Working with around a dozen specialty Scotch whisky and gin distillers, the company placed $4 million worth of orders in 2024.

But their President and Managing Director has revealed the current uncertainty and confusion around tariffs means they've "had to put the brakes" on some of them.

Speaking to LBC, Sam Filmus - who's been involved in the industry for decades - says importers are like "blind kittens just now".

"If I describe with one word what's going on now - it would be uncertainty. Everyone's interpretation of the rules is different.

"We've been in constant contact with........

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