United Kingdom: Beef trade is up year to date

Published 2022년 10월 24일

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Ireland remained the leading supplier of fresh/frozen beef to the UK, with shipments totaling 12,400 tonnes in August, despite a 27% decrease from the previous year. Other notable suppliers included Germany, Spain, Argentina, and Uruguay. UK exports of fresh and frozen beef to the EU experienced growth, largely due to the depreciation of the GB pound and the normalization of trade post-Brexit. However, there was a significant decrease in exports to the Philippines, Hong Kong, the United States, and Senegal. Ireland continued to be the UK's primary export partner, followed by Canada, Ghana, and Japan. Overall, imports into the UK were up 8,800 tonnes from the same period in 2021, while exports were up 20,100 tonnes, reaching 152,300 tonnes and 83,700 tonnes respectively from January to August.

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Ireland remained the dominant supplier of fresh/frozen beef to the UK, sending 12,400 tonnes in August, with the next largest supplier being Germany, with 1,300 tonnes. Despite being the largest supplier, August’s import volumes from Ireland were down 27% from August last year. Imports from the Netherlands and Poland also recorded notable year on year decreases of 24% and 41% respectively. Between them, 800 fewer tonnes were sent than a year earlier. These decreases were partially offset by increased imports from Germany (+41%), Spain (+63%), Namibia (+653%) and the South American countries of Argentina (+139%) and Uruguay (+56%).Imports so far this year (Jan-Aug) have totalled 152,300 tonnes, up 8,800 tonnes (6.1%) on the same period for 2021 and 4% (6,500 tonnes) higher than 2020. While rising, they remained below pre-pandemic imports.For the month of August, UK exports of fresh and frozen beef totalled 9,500 tonnes, an increase of 426 tonnes (4.7%) on August 2021, although back ...

Source: EuroMeat