UK Food and Drink Export Performance

UK food and drink export statistics for first half 2011.

In this section:

Top Line Performance

The UK export performance of food and non-alcoholic drink in the first half of 2011 was much stronger than many would have predicted, growing to £5.8bn.
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Top Export Sectors

The first half has seen strong growth in the dairy sector (+30.5%, with butter +132%, and cheese +57.5%)
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Top Export Markets

The top 4 markets (which accounted for 54.3% of exports in the first half of 2011) remain fixed in their positions despite some large increases in exports to no.3 Netherlands +27.8% and no.4 Germany +28.0%.
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Regional Analysis - Export Markets

The performance of UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports to the EU in the first half of 2011 was up 12.6% on the same period in 2010.
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Last reviewed: 03 Oct 2011