North Ireland: Food processing sales increase

Sales in Northern Ireland’s food and drinks processing sector have grown steadily over three years to approach the £3bn mark in 2008, an official report reveals.

The value of sales for the sector increased from £2,595 million in 2006 to £2,799 million in 2007, while provisional estimates suggest that total sales increased to £2,975 million in 2008.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s annual report is called ‘Size and Performance of the Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Processing Sector’.

It offers a “robust statistical evidence base” for those in the food and drinks processing sector seeking to identify industry trends, to develop business strategies or to benchmark business performance against the report’s range of indicators.

The report provides information on values of sales, exports, value added and number of employees for each of 10 sub-sectors of the food and drinks processing sector in 2006 and 2007.

The sub-sectors are animal by-products, bakeries, beef and sheep meat, drinks, eggs, fish, fruit and vegetables, milk and milk products, pig meat and poultry meat.



Source: foodbizdaily.com

Publication date: 11/5/2009

 


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