Top Export Sectors

Prepared foods exports

Prepared foods exports (including fats & oils which were well up at +31.8%, preserved fruit/veg, fruit juice, soups, sauces & condiments, ice cream, vinegar, animal feeds and other misc. products) rose 14.0% to £1,224.2m.

Cereal & bakery products exports

Cereal & bakery products exports were £971.6m, up 15.8%, principally due to a 44.4% gain in the commodity cereals market to £267.4m (the top 3 commodity cereal markets, Spain, The Netherlands and Portugal all well up).

Meat exports

Meat (and related animal products) exports were up 14.8% to £632.9m (despite being dragged down by a 14.3% decline in pork exports).

Fish & seafood exports

Fish & seafood exports grew 10.0% to £527.3m.

Dairy products exports

Dairy products exports remains the only category to witness a fall in exports during the first half compared to the previous year, down 13.0% to £383.6m, with cheese dropping 3.1% to £135.1m, milk and cream (not concentrated/sweetened) down 12.2% to £90.5m and milk and cream (concentrated/sweetened) down 39.7% to £62.8m.

Fruit & vegetable product exports

Fruit & vegetable product exports were up 5.2% to £369.8m.

Tea, coffee, cocoa & spices exports

Tea, coffee, cocoa & spices exports were £320.0m, up 10.6%.

Sugar & sugar confectionery exports

Sugar confectionery +2.9% to £65.2m (no.1 Ireland +8.7%, no.2 Germany +9.8%).

Non-alcoholic drink exports

Non-alcoholic drink (not including fruit juices which are part of the prepared foods category) saw the highest growth of any category (albeit from the smallest base), rising 22.1% to £164.0m.

UK Exports of Food & Non-alcoholic drinks by Sector,
Jan-Jun 2008-09 (£ million)
Sector	Jan-Jun 2008	Jan-Jun 2009	% change 2008-09
Other Prepared Foods (*)	1,074.4	1,224.2	14.0
Cereals and Bakery	838.9	971.6	15.8
Meat and Animal products	551.3	632.9	14.8
Fish and Seafood	479.3	527.3	10.0
Dairy	441.0	383.6	-13.0
Fruit and Vegetables	351.5	369.8	5.2
Tea, Coffee, Cocoa and Spices	289.3	320.0	10.6
Sugar and Sugar Confectionery	217.2	230.3	6.0
Non-Alcoholic Drinks	134.4	164.0	22.1
Total	4,377.3	4,823.7	10.2

(*) Inc. fats & oils, preserved fruit/veg, fruit juice, soups, sauces & condiments, ice cream, vinegar, animal feeds and other miscellaneous products

Source: Leatherhead Food Research

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