date:Mar 25, 2014
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has reported that total UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports grew by 5% to 12.8bn in 2013, a welcome rise after a flat 2012.
2013 saw exports recover to the EU28 (+3%), with strong growth in Q2 (+9%) and Q4 (+7%), correlating closely to EU economic performance. Exports were further strengthened by double digit growth to non-EU markets (+11.5%) where food commodities performed well.
Ireland and France remain the UK's biggest food and drink export markets b