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Earlier this month a record seven British pork processors went to China and attended the SIAL Shanghai exhibition on the British Meat pavilion. The event, including a prestige dinner hosted [...]

The most puzzling current development in the international meat trade refers to Brazil. Over the last decade, meat production there has increased and large meat processing groups have been created, [...]

Custom data released recently show that exports of meat and livestock products fell by an estimated 8.5% to 2.15bn [pounds sterling] in 2015. This represents the first fall since the [...]

Demand for and trade in meat is dependent on incomes and the economies of individual countries and on currency variations. As we enter the year, there are several black clouds [...]

Happy exporters are back from Food & Hotel China (FHC) in Shanghai, an event marked by the visit of Secretary of State for the Environment Liz Truss to China. The [...]

Just back from Central Africa, it is worth reflecting on these important markets. After Asia, Africa is the main region where British meat is exported outside Europe. The mission we [...]

The rise of sterling to over 1.40 [euro] in recent weeks has affected trade, processors' margins and even prices paid to farmers. Different commodities are affected in different ways. Beef [...]

Following five years of positive news, international trade and UK meat exports must respond to new challenges. The effects of the high sterling, or rather the low euro, and the [...]

With forays to China, Hong Kong and Japan over recent weeks, the export team has been kept busy. It must be said, again and again, that the future lies in [...]

If it needed to be demonstrated, the importance of exports for the British meat sector has been put in sharp focus by the rise of sterling against the euro. From [...]

Aberdeen Angus is certainly one of the best-known breeds of cattle in the world. It is the peg unknowledgeable consumers and trade customers use when referring to the difficult subject [...]

Is the world short of beef? World beef production fell by 470,000 tonnes (t) between 2012 and 2014, with production shrinking by 1.2 million tonnes (mt) in the US alone. [...]

Exporters and traders should all be aware of the acronym NTB. This stands for non-tariff barriers and is potentially a significant threat to world trade. The level of duty paid [...]

What's special about October? Well, it has been declared national sausage month and even national pizza month. But it is also the time of the year the world meat trade [...]

Writing from Hong Kong, where Eblex and Bpex are attending the Restaurant and Bar show and are holding a beef seminar for local chefs, the subject of world exports is [...]

We are entering an exciting period for UK meat exports. Within the year, we expect the opening or re-opening of important markets such as Japan (beef and lamb), the USA [...]

We have maintained a symbiotic international trade relationship with Ireland for centuries. The UK still represents 4% of Irish beef exports and we are, by far, its largest market for [...]

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) is a new, highly infective coronavirus disease that affects piglets, resulting in a high mortality. The disease seems to have originated in Asia and, accordingly, [...]

Exporting is a team game, particularly in the UK. It involves interactions with a network of organisations that make export possible. These include of course the meat levy boards, but [...]

There is a world of meat export opportunities out there. With prices for premium US beef higher than their UK equivalent, due to falling production, and Australian prices expected to [...]

At the recent Anuga fair in Cologne, China was definitely the 'elephant in the room' The pace of investment within and outside China by local firms is quickening. Recent examples [...]

Key features of the current levy board system include the long-term investment in beef and lamb brands, the strategic long-term outlook of home and overseas markets, and the greater clout [...]

Despite a great record in research and development, the UK sometimes arrives too early at ground-breaking innovations. I recently linked a document from 1991 in my archives--a research summary reporting [...]