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Meat exports

Meat (and related animal products) exports were up 5.0% to £1,289.6m (despite being dragged down by a 14.7% decline in pork exports).

Key segments in growth were:

• Lamb +18.6% to £311.9m (no.1 market France +14.5%, no.2 Belgium +43.5%, no.3 Italy 38.6%, no.4 Germany +26.6%).
• Beef +20.8% to £257.5m overall masking a 14.0% drop in frozen beef exports (including a rise of 29.2% in fresh beef to no.1 market the Netherlands, +68.1% in fresh beef to no.3 Italy and +44.6% in fresh beef to no.4 France, as well as a huge 156.8% jump to the now no.6 market Switzerland).
• Poultry +5.5% to £229.3m (no.1 market Ireland +10.9%, no.3 Germany +24.9% and large rises in exports to Hong Kong (now no.6 with +181.1%) and Ghana).
• Sausages +5.1% to £14.7m (no.2 market Spain +20.8%, Germany jumping 167.9% to no.3 spot and no.4 Afghanistan +61.5%).

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)