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Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Spices and Sugar Confectionery exports

Tea, coffee, cocoa & spices exports were £714.9m, up 5.7% including:

• Chocolate +1.1% to £365.9m (no.1 market Ireland +10.9% and fast growth coming from no.8 market Australia at +72.0%).
• Tea +2.4% to £179.8m (no.1 market Canada +26.3%, no.2 Ireland +15.2% and no.8 market Belgium showing strong growth at +34.2%).
• Coffee +32.6% to £77.2m (no.1 market Ireland +36.9%, no.2 France +116.5%, no.3 Germany +114.3%).

Sugar & sugar confectionery exports were up 0.6% to £440.0m.

• Sugar confectionery +10.9% to £140.4m (no.1 Ireland +18.3%, no.2 Germany +10.2% and no.5 the USA +50.0%).

Source: Leatherhead Food Research

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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)