General pig meat imports to the United Kingdom in August have been recorded at 65,600 t; this is a rise of 230 t in comparison with the former month. When compared with August 2022, volumes have grown by way of 4,700 t. After being in decline for the primary 4 months of 2023, imports have witnessed year-on-year enlargement since Might.
UK beef manufacturing remains to be impacted by way of the marketplace prerequisites of the previous two years as home provides stay tight. The English pig inhabitants is recently at its lowest in over a decade.
Imports of clean and frozen product, and bacon, larger, alternatively sausages and processed pig meat imports declined month-on-month and year-on-year. General contemporary and frozen beef imports have noticed the biggest quantity acquire, up 23% year-on-year to twenty-eight,400 t. The bacon class additionally recorded an build up of 12% year-on-year, totalling 15,500 t and has resulted within the class expanding its marketplace percentage of UK imports to 24%. Imports of higher-value merchandise may hose down the marketplace sentiment additional.
November 1, 2023/ AHDB/ United Kingdom.
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