Regional map of statistics

- The Scottish food and drink industry employs 46,000 people and generated £4.04bn
of
added value for the economy in 2018. Making up over a quarter of overall UK food
and drink exports,
Scotland exported £5.89bn of food and drink.
- Yorkshire and the Humber employs 55,000 people and generated £3.41bn of added
value
for the economy in 2018.
- The North East food and drink industry employs 15,250 and exported £0.24bn of
food and
drink in 2018. The average wage of food and drink industry workers an average of
£28,461 in 2018.
- The East Midlands employs the highest number of people in the UK food and drink
industry
(61,000) and produced £3.86bn of added value for the economy last year. The East
Midlands
exported £1.0bn of food and drink products in 2018.
- East England exported £2.01bn food and drink in 2018 and currently employs
36,000
people. Manufacturers in the region also generated £2.64bn of added value for
the economy that
year.
- London's share of food and drink manufacturing businesses increased last year.
London
employs 34,000 of the industry's workers and exported £3.02bn food and drink in
2018.
- The South East region employs 25,000 people in food and drink, and generated
£2.06bn of
added value for the economy in 2018. They also exported £1.56bn of food and
drink.
- The South West food and drink industry exported £0.82bn of food and drink in
2018. It
employs 32,000 people (within our sector) and produced £1.90bn of added value
for the economy
that year.
- The Welsh food and drink industry exported £0.54bn (food and drink in 2018). The
nation
employs 23,750 people within food and drink manufacturing.
- The West Midlands generated £1.71bn of added value to the economy in 2018 and
employs
32,000 people. The region exported £0.82bn of food and drink products in 2018.
- In the North West, the food and drink industry employs 45,500 people and
generated
£3.28bn added value for the economy in 2018. Workers within our industry receive
an average wage
of £33,419.
- Northern Ireland exported £1.90bn food and drink in 2018 and also produced
£1.55bn added
value for the economy in 2018. The region employs 20,776 workers, and is
responsible for 8.3% of
the UK's food and drink exports.
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Last reviewed: 14 Apr 2020