Exports of Irish beef to the UK are back 4% on the September 2014 at 16,000t, a drop which AHDB contributes entirely to lower imports of frozen boneless product.
However, it states that overall export volumes moving from Ireland to the US remain well below expectations.
The first plants were only approved in February and in reality only two were exporting up to June and the addition of two new plants in May and June increasing shipments has driven the trade up. Overall imports of beef into the UK were on a par with last year at 23,500t.