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Fruit and Vegetables exports

Fruit & vegetable product exports were down 1.9% to £717.0m with potato exports down 0.3% (including a drop of 5.2% to no.1 market Ireland).

Segments of growth included:

• Fruit/nuts +7.5% to £145.3m (no.2 market the Netherlands +64.4%).
• Dried leguminous vegetables +29.2% to £80.4m (no.1 market Egypt +36.2%).
• Frozen vegetables +30.0% to £62.5m (no.1 Ireland +29.6%, no.2 Belgium +83.6%).

Source: Leatherhead Food International

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Download the full UK Food and Drink Performance (2009) statistics research report - pdf | 228kb.

Research carried out by Leatherhead Food Research for the Food and Drink Federation (April 2010)