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Chinese dairy imports hit by online retailer clampdown
Efforts to crack down on China’s cross-border online selling platforms has led to confusion in the trade of dairy products...
Exports
Dairy
Irish dairy exports to the UK slump at the worst possbile time
Exports to Britain of key Irish dairy products slumped in the first two months of the year, according to latest...
EU
Pork and vegetables drive EU agri-food exports up in January
EU agri-food exports rose slightly in January compared to January 2015 to €9.3 billion, according to the latest monthly statistical report...
Agri-Business
Food and live animal exports up 8% on January 2015
Exports of food and live animals in January 2016 increased by €52m (+8%) to €705m when compared January 2015, the latest...
N.Ireland
Narrowing of beef price to have little impact on cross-border trade - LMC
The narrowing of the Irish and Northern Irish beef price will have little impact on the cross-border beef trade, according...
Beef
Narrowing of beef price to have little impact on cross-border trade – LMC
The narrowing of the Irish and Northern Irish beef price will have little impact on the cross-border beef trade, according...
EU
'Leaving the EU is too great a risk for UK farmers'
A host of farmers from the UK have said that leaving the EU is a risk that they “cannot afford...
Beef
Australian sheepmeat production to fall this year, but demand to remain high
Australian sheepmeat production in 2016 is forecast to fall 5% below 2015 levels, due to earlier slaughterings late last year....
Sheep
Irish sheepmeat exports to UK back on December 2014 levels
Irish shipments of sheepmeat to the UK in December 2015 were back 3% on December 2014 to 500t, according to...
Agri-Business
Wheat, vegetable and pork drive EU agri-food exports up year-on-year
Wheat, vegetables and pork exports drove overall EU agri-food exports up in December 2015 on the corresponding month in 2014....
Agri-Business
EU agri-food exports rise by €500m in November
The value of EU agri-food exports in November 2015 amounted to €10.9 billion, approximately €500 million higher than in November...
Beef
Increased cow cullings set to aid French beef production
Increased cow culling in France this year is to help the country’s beef production to grow by over 1% this...
Sheep
New Zealand sheepmeat exports hit 15-year high
Sheepmeat exports from New Zealand during November 2015 reached their highest level for the month since 2000, according to AHDB....
Beef
Irish beef and sheepmeat exports to the UK fell in November
Overall imports of beef into the UK in November were back 14% on last year at 20,000t, according to the...
Dairy
US dairy exports back 24% on 2014 levels
US dairy exports in November 2015 were just $377.3m, back 24% on the corresponding month in 2014, according to the US...
EU
New EU trade deal with Vietnam to see majority of tariffs removed
A new trade deal has been agreed between the EU and Vietnam. The agreement will give the EU access to...
Sheep
Australian sheepmeat exports fell 4% in first half of year
Australian sheepmeat exports fell 4% in the first half of 2015, driven by a drop in mutton shipments and despite an...
Sheep
Weak euro sees Irish sheepmeat exports to the UK jump in May
Irish sheepmeat exports to the UK in May of this year were up 45% compared to the same month last...
