Salmon tops UK food export

The top three product categories last year were salmon, chocolate and cheese, according to the report from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). The report shows that food and non-alcoholic drink exports continued growing to non-EU countries, up 9% on last year, with double digit growth in the United States and China. The EU remains the UK’s biggest market for food and drink exports. Food and non-alcoholic drink exports have almost doubled in value over the last decade, from £6.5bn in 2004 to £12.8bn in 2014.

Farming Minister George Eustice said: “Today’s new figures are further evidence of the global appetite for our top-quality British food, which was worth a record £103 billion to the UK economy in 2013."