UK Pigmeat export volumes, together with offal, fell through 20% ultimate 12 months to 298,000 tonnes, because of decrease UK manufacturing and subdued call for in Asia.
The worth of pigmeat shipments fell through a decrease percentage, 9% to £570 million, because of upper costs.
Maximum export classes have been down, with recent and frozen export volumes plummeting through 30% to 130,000t, bacon exports through 21% to 13,400t, even if values have been handiest moderately down, and sausages volumes through 12% to 4,600t, as the price of those shipments rose. The exception was once processed hams, shoulders and different items, which have been up through 4% in quantity.
Offal shipments have been down 8% to 133,000t and accounted for 45% of pigmeat export volumes, the perfect percentage.
General pink meat exports from the United Kingdom in 2023 have been value £1.7 billion, very similar to 2022, in large part pushed through sturdy call for for UK lamb on world markets.
The full worth of pink meat shipments to the EU all through the duration was once up 2% at the 12 months at £1.3 billion whilst volumes fell through 12% at the 12 months.
Sheep meat exports to France, the United Kingdom’s biggest marketplace, greater through 23% in worth to £292 million and 23% in quantity at the 12 months to 45,000 tonnes. Red meat exports lowered through 15% in quantity and 9% in worth.
Jonathan Eckley, AHDB Head of Global Business Building, mentioned: “Whilst we will have to rightly have fun the good fortune of sheep meat exports in 2023, it’s additionally vital to recognise the demanding situations that experience confronted the meat and pig meat sectors. Decrease manufacturing and subdued call for from Asia has no doubt impacted the pig meat sector.
“The meat sector has skilled equivalent demanding situations in the case of falling manufacturing, even if exports of red meat offal to non-EU markets have been encouraging. Alternatively, exports nonetheless returned important added worth to the beef and red meat sectors right here in the United Kingdom, including £570 million and £583 million respectively.”
Pigmeat imports
Imports of pigmeat to the United Kingdom have been down through 2.4% over the entire 2023, totalling 781,600 tonnes, even if that was once all weighted in opposition to a large year-on-year aid over the primary 4 months of 2023.
From Might to December, pigmeat imports have been up 4% to 536,000t, led through a fifteen% build up on recent and frozen imports to 229,000t. Alternatively, in December, import volumes have been moderately down year-on-year.
In the meantime, the most recent AHDB Porkwatch survey, which confirmed he percentage of British merchandise on retail cabinets fell again throughout all 4 classes in January.
Around the 10 outlets surveyed, the share of British beef facings was once down from 89% in November to 88%, bacon was once down from 54% to 52%, ham from 64% to 61% and sausage from 77% to 76%.