Top Export Sectors
Prepared foods exports
Prepared foods exports were up 14.5% to £1,424.3m (incorporating fats & oils, preserved fruit/veg,
fruit juice, soups, sauces & condiments, ice cream, vinegar, animal feeds and
other
miscellaneous products).
Cereal & bakery products exports
Cereals & bakery products exports were £986.9m up 3.3%. The cereal commodities category fell by 13.8% but this
was more than offset by the growth seen in baked products such as cakes,
biscuits
and breakfast cereals and milling products such as wheat and grains.
Meat exports
Meat (and related animal products) exports were up 18.4% to £819.5m.
Fish & seafood exports
Fish & seafood exports grew 15.0% to £695.5m.
UK Exports of Food & Non-alcoholic drinks by Sector,
Jan-June 2010-2011
(£ million)
| Sector |
Jan-June 2010
|
Jan-June 2011 |
% change
2010-11 |
| Other Prepared Foods (*) |
1,244.0 |
1,424.3 |
14.5 |
| Cereals and Bakery |
955.1 |
986.9 |
3.3 |
| Meat and Animal products |
692.0 |
819.5 |
18.4 |
| Fish and Seafood |
604.6 |
695.5 |
15.0 |
| Dairy |
465.2 |
607.2 |
30.5 |
| Fruit and Vegetables |
384.9 |
498.6 |
29.6 |
| Tea, Coffee, Cocoa and Spices |
378.3 |
380.3 |
0.5 |
| Non-Alcoholic Drinks |
172.1 |
198.5 |
15.4 |
| Sugar & Sugar Confectionery |
233.3 |
188.9 |
-19.0 |
| Total |
5,129.5 |
5,799.8 |
13.1 |
(*) Inc. fats & oils, preserved fruit/veg, fruit juice, soups, sauces &
condiments, ice cream, vinegar, animal feeds and other miscellaneous products
Source: HMRC Trade Info
Dairy exports
Dairy exports was the best performing sector in the first half (as it was for the first half
in 2010) with growth of 30.5% to £607.2m, including 24.1% increase in the key
cheese category.
Fruit & vegetable product exports
Fruit & vegetable exports were up 29.6% to £498.6m.
Tea, coffee, cocoa & spices and Sugar & Sugar confectionery exports
Tea, coffee, cocoa & spices exports were £380.3m, up marginally by 0.5%.
Sugar & sugar confectionery -19.0% to £188.9m but sugar confectionery was up 5.6% (no.1 market Ireland
+8.3%, no.2 market Germany -16.9%, no.3 market USA +48.4%).
Non-alcoholic drink exports
Non-alcoholic drinks (not including fruit juices which are part of the prepared foods category)
returned to growth in the first half of 2011, up 15.4% to £198.5m.
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Last reviewed: 05 Oct 2011