Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Spices and Sugar Confectionery exports

Total exports of tea, coffee, cocoa and spices were £675.4m in 2008, up 16.6%. Sugar and sugar confectionery exports rose 13.2% to £437.1m.

Source: Leatherhead Food International

Coffee exports totalled £58.3m in 2008, up 79.1% with exports to Ireland growing 23.1% to £14.2m.

Tea exports grew 14.3% with Canada +7.6% to £37.2m, but higher rates of gain seen in Ireland (+57.9%) and France (+15.7%).

Chocolate remains a major export product, worth £360.7m in 2008, +10.9% on the previous year. Growth was driven by France (+30.0% to £44.6m) and Germany (+26.2% to £16.1m). From a much smaller base, exports to Poland also boomed, up 203.7% to £2.5m.

Sugar confectionery exports, worth £126.3m were up 5.6%, strong growth coming from Germany (+14.9% to £15.8m) and Australia (+62.3% to £4.8m), offset by a 21.2% loss to the key French market (down to £7.0m).

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