According to BBC, An entire whisky distillery is being shipped out from Scotland to China on Friday.

More than 35 tonnes of equipment, including stills, flooring, control valves and pipework, is leaving Buckie in Moray for the port of Tianjin. The equipment will be assembled at a facility being built in Inner Mongolia.

The shipment is part of a £3m "design and build" deal signed between Forfar firm Valentine International and China's Mengtai Group in 2019.

Mengtai chairman Ao Fengting participated in the World Chinese Entrepreneur Conference in London in 2019, and signed the "Mengtai Whisky Distillery Construction Consulting Contract" Valentin International Business Consulting Company.

"Scotland is the 'Homeof Whiskey' and has the most professional knowledge in the manufacture and technology of distillery equipment. Mengtai will build a distillery in accordance with the consistent concept of 'high standards, high starting points and good taste', I believe that with the help of the British company and its expert team, Mengtai will be able to produce the best quality whisky in China and be recognized by the world.” Said Ao Fengting.

With an annual output of 500,000 liters, the facility in Ordos will become Inner Mongolia's first whisky distillery when it opens, probably at the end of this year.

It is Mengtai's first venture into the world of whisky. One of Inner Mongolia's largest private firms, its core businesses include coal production and electricity generation.

According to BBC, in a separate development, Valentine International has signed a "strategic agreement" with Mengtai to supply bulk whiskies for China.