Regional Analysis - Export Markets
Regional analysis of performance of UK food and non-alcoholic exports across EU and non-EU regions.
In this section:
EU
UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports to the EU in 2012 fell by 1.4%.
The export of a number of key commodities to the EU performed poorly including meat (-8.1%), dairy (-9.7%) and
fish/seafood (-10.7%) collectively contributing to falls amounting to £300m
against 2011.
The stronger pound, higher UK meat, fish and dairy prices and weaker industrial
and consumer confidence throughout the EU are likely to be the main drivers for
the decline in commodity exports.
In contrast value added foods performed relatively well growing overall by 1.6%.
Soups (+24.2%), sausages (+22.2%), yoghurt (+19.8%), chocolate (+15.8%), bread
(+14.7%), coffee (+10.4%) and cakes (+8.4%) were amongst some of the categories
seeing double digit growth to the EU. Collectively the growth of these products
resulted in gains of £100m on 2011.
Exports to the Eurozone were down 1.5% almost in line with all EU markets.
UK Exports of Food & Non-alcoholic drinks to the EU:
Jan-Dec 2011-2012 (£ million)
| |
Country |
2011 |
2012 |
% change |
| |
TOTAL EU |
9,347 |
9,215 |
-1.4 |
| 1 (-) |
Ireland |
2,932 |
2,983 |
1.7 |
| 2 (-) |
France |
1,444 |
1,326 |
-8.2 |
| 3 (-) |
Netherlands |
1,172 |
1,198 |
2.2 |
| 4 (-) |
Germany |
1,037 |
1,117 |
7.7 |
| 5 (-) |
Belgium |
569 |
555 |
-2.4 |
| 6 (-) |
Spain |
558 |
517 |
-7.5 |
| 7 (-) |
Italy |
431 |
373 |
-13.5 |
| 8 (-) |
Denmark |
221 |
204 |
-7.5 |
| 9 (+1) |
Sweden |
170 |
198 |
16.5 |
| 10 (-1) |
Poland |
203 |
183 |
-9.8 |
| 11 (-) |
Portugal |
131 |
105 |
-19.7 |
| 12 (+2) |
Czech Republic |
72 |
77 |
6.2 |
| 13 (-1) |
Finland |
79 |
73 |
-7.0 |
| 14 (-1) |
Greece |
77 |
54 |
-30.5 |
| 15 (+1) |
Austria |
44 |
50 |
12.6 |
| 16 (-1) |
Cyprus |
54 |
49 |
-8.5 |
| 17 (-) |
Malta |
40 |
40 |
-0.8 |
| 18 (-) |
Hungary |
36 |
34 |
-6.5 |
| 19 (-1) |
Romania |
17 |
14 |
-16.2 |
| 20 (+3) |
Bulgaria |
9 |
14 |
52.6 |
| 21 (-) |
Latvia |
11 |
11 |
0.3 |
| 22 (+2) |
Estonia |
8 |
10 |
38.1 |
| 23 (-3) |
Slovakia |
13 |
10 |
-23.0 |
| 24 (-2) |
Lithuania |
10 |
9 |
-11.9 |
| 25 (-) |
Slovenia |
5 |
7 |
47.6 |
| 26 (-) |
Luxembourg |
5 |
5 |
-5.8 |
Source: HMRC Trade Info
Note: Eurozone members marked as bold.
Changes in ranking positions are versus 2011.
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Non-EU
Exports to non-EU markets continued to perform strongly, growing 4.6% overall.
Only exports
to Other Western Europe (-9.9%) and Eastern Europe were in decline as negative
GDP
growth in the EU impacted on trade and the economic performance of the
countries
that
surround it. The most growth was seen in:
- Africa: +15.5%, including strong growth to the top three markets Egypt up 11.7% (mostly due to a doubling of potato exports), South Africa up 21.9% (+32% meat, +101% chocolate, +77% soft drinks) and Nigeria up 16% (due to a surge in demand for frozen fish +140%).
- Middle East: +15.4%, driven by over 30% growth to both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi
Arabia.
- Oceania: +10.4% due to double digit growth in Australia.
UK Exports of Food and Non-alcoholic drinks to the Non-EU
Jan-Dec 2011-2012
| Country |
2011 |
2012 |
% change 2011-2012 |
| North America |
642 |
649 |
1.0 |
| United States |
491 |
492 |
0.1 |
| Canada |
149 |
156 |
4.3 |
| Asia |
606 |
626 |
3.3 |
| Hong Kong |
128 |
135 |
4.9 |
| China |
99 |
110 |
11.0 |
| Japan |
86 |
96 |
12.0 |
| Singapore |
45 |
34 |
-23.8 |
| Korea South |
38 |
43 |
12.1 |
| Thailand |
34 |
41 |
22.0 |
| Malaysia |
28 |
29 |
6.5 |
| Vietnam |
24 |
26 |
9.8 |
| India |
20 |
19 |
-5.3 |
| Africa |
414 |
478 |
15.5 |
| Egypt |
85 |
95 |
11.7 |
| South Africa |
74 |
91 |
21.9 |
| Nigeria |
74 |
85 |
16.0 |
| Algeria |
38 |
39 |
1.8 |
| Middle East |
383 |
442 |
15.4 |
| United Arab Emirates |
123 |
153 |
24.9 |
| Saudi Arabia |
87 |
118 |
35.2 |
| Israel |
46 |
40 |
-13.1 |
| Kuwait |
28 |
29 |
3.0 |
| Other Western Europe |
370 |
334 |
-9.9 |
| Norway |
177 |
149 |
-16.0 |
| Switzerland |
92 |
88 |
-3.7 |
| Turkey |
41 |
33 |
-19.8 |
| Eastern Europe |
142 |
136 |
-4.5 |
| Russia |
105 |
92 |
-12.6 |
| Ukraine |
20 |
30 |
51.4 |
| Oceania |
120 |
133 |
10.4 |
| Australia |
101 |
114 |
12.6 |
| New Zealand |
17 |
18 |
0.7 |
| Latin America & the Caribbean |
110 |
120 |
8.5 |
| Brazil |
21 |
21 |
1.7 |
| Chile |
9 |
7 |
-17.4 |
| Mexico |
8 |
10 |
16.3 |
Source: HMRC Trade Info
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More information
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Last reviewed: 15 Mar 2013