BCO BANBURY FLYER - Q4 2017 - 2018.01.03

UK BEEF MEAT TRADE

25000

20000

15000

10000

5000

TONNES OF MEAT

0

OCT

NOV

DEC

OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2017 QUARTER

EU IMPORT EU EXPORT

NON-EU IMPORT NON-EU EXPORT

 UK beef meat trade has shown a decrease from October to December 2017.

 This is likely to be due to the fact that firstly Christmas is not celebrated on the same scale

abroad and there is an increase in the domestic market beef demand leading up to

December.

UK LAMB MEAT TRADE

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000

TONNES OF MEAT

JUL

AUG

SEPT

JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2017 QUARTER

EU IMPORT EU EXPORT

NON-EU IMPORT NON-EU EXPORT

 High UK domestic supply has continued to allow high volumes of British lamb meat to be exported into Europe. This is also the reason behind static EU imports.  Low non-EU exports are a result of sufficient volumes of meat outside of the EU, and high UK production costs making British meat uncompetitive on the global marketplace.

 UK farmers sell large volumes of their stock during this quarter. This high supply within the UK

means that non-EU imports during this quarter have decreased and do not exceed EU Export

tonnage.