date:Jun 11, 2014
urth biggest supplier, at just 3.2% of imports in 2013.
The UK bought more from Germany and the Netherlands in the same year.
Has foreign beef poured in this year?
Farmgate prices have fallen consistently since the start of 2014 and a dramatic rise in imports has been blamed.
A comparison of trade figures from the first quarter of this year and the last shows imports have clearly been on the up. Most importantly, shipments from Ireland were 16% higher.
Netherlands (29%), Germany (6%), Pola