British trade mission to sell tea to China
Mr Paterson will be joined by a delegation of 35 British food and drink businesses, tapping into the Chinese market at the Food and Hotel China exhibition in Shanghai. The British companies span the food and drinks market, from tea and beers to cheese, smoked salmon, desserts and confectionary. Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson said: “With […]
FUW hails lifting of US beef export ban
The US market, which has been closed to any EU beef since the BSE crisis of the 1990s, is now open after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is bringing the US legislation in line with the international science on BSE risk FUW livestock, wool and marts committee chairman Dafydd Roberts welcomed the […]
Openfield loads 50,000 tonnes of barley for Saudi Arabia
Increased plantings in Autumn 2012 and Spring 2013 has left the UK with a larger than average surplus to export throughout the 2013-14 marketing year. Some of this season’s UK barley surplus has already been shipped to North Africa, principally Tunisia and Libya, but direct sales to Saudi Arabia are a rarity given the Kingdom’s […]
Oilseed rape exports benefit from Sterling’s weakness
The falling value of Sterling has helped raise the competitiveness of UK oilseed rape with exports leaving Openfield’s deep water facility in the south west, Portbury Grain Terminal, for the first time. The terminal, which can load panamax vessels up to 70,000 tonnes, and is operated exclusively by Openfield, is one of the UK’s busiest […]
GB takes the lead as number one EU exporter of seed potatoes to Egypt
Even though GB seed export tonnage is still being calculated for the 2012/2013 season, official export statistics confirm that GB is now the EU’s leading source of seed potatoes to Egypt. Exports of British seed have been increasing steadily for the last ten years, but with the challenging conditions of the 2012 season, it would […]
