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16-year high for UK sheep meat exports

27/08/2014

UK export volumes of sheep meat in the first six months of 2014 hit their highest half-year level since 1998, according to EBLEX, the organisation for the English sheep and beef industry. Global shipments totalled 48,000 tonnes, an increase of 2% on the same period last year. Demand from non-EU markets has helped drive the growth, with...

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