date:Feb 28, 2020
for the UKs pork sector. It is the second largest importer of pork accounting for 9% of total international trade. In 2018, the country imported 1.2 million tonnes of pig meat, three quarters of which was fresh/frozen primary pork. The remainder was mostly offal.
The US is by far the dominant supplier, providing around 85% of imports with the majority of the remainder coming from Canada. A few EU suppliers play a small part, with 8,500 tonnes of pig meat imported from Spain in 2018.
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