N.Ireland
The UFU is calling for retailers across the UK to promote meat produced in NI after reports of Uruguayan meat being sold in Asda supermarkets
Beef
AHDB has said that UK beef exports remain "subdued" compared to 2022 levels, despite strengthening in October 2023.
Agri-Business
The EU and US have signed an agreement reviewing the functioning of an existing quota to import...
The UK would be better off securing a special trade deal on food with Spain than with Ireland,...
It would be more important for the UK to secure a special trade deal on food with Spain than with Ireland, according to a British academic.
China has reportedly taken the decision to temporarily ban all beef imports from Brazil following the recent scandal.
There is a worrying level of beef being imported from Africa, which is unlikely to meet Northern Irish farm standards, according to the UFU
A weak US Dollar in May has resulted in a weakening of US beef imports for the month, with the latest USDA beef outlook estimating imports to be down 10% on May 2015 levels.
Poland was the largest EU beef exporter between January and March of this year, the latest figures from the AHDB show.
US beef imports have reached the highest levels since 2005, recent figures from the AHDB show, as there were 1.08m tonnes imports in 2015.
Some 76% of beef imports to the UK in the first eight months of the year came from the Republic of Ireland, according to figures from the HMRC.
In the first half of the year, EU beef and veal imports were up 3% on the year at 101,000t while exports fell by 1% to 80,000t, according to AHDB.
French beef and veal imports fell by 4% in the first six months of 2015, with lower shipments from Ireland, Germany and Italy, AHDB said.n
