UK Food and Drink Export Performance 2009

UK Food and drink export statistics for 2009. Research has been carried out by Leatherhead Food Research for the Food and Drink Federation in April 2010.

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Top Line Performance

UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports grew 4.4% in 2009 to £9.65bn, a fifth consecutive year of record food and non-alcoholic drink export performance.
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Top Export Sectors

Best performing sector in 2009 was non-alcoholic drinks (soft drinks and waters) with growth of 20.6% to £318.6m driven by strong gains in the major European markets such as Ireland, France, Spain and Germany.
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Top Export Markets

The top 10 countries account for 76% of all UK food and nonalcoholic drink exports.
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Regional Analysis - Export Markets

The EU share of UK food and non-alcoholic drinks exports was 79.2% in 2009 but non-EU countries led the way in terms of growth - 7.3% growth for non-EU vs. 3.6% growth for EU.
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Research carried out by Leatherhead Food Research for the Food and Drink Federation (April 2010)


Last reviewed: 20 Apr 2010