The UK food industry is planning to hugely expand its exports, especially to China, where there is pent up demand for pork meat and pigs. According to the Food Ministry, China will not be self-sufficient in pork for some years.
Shipments of meat and live pigs form part of the food industry’s plans to grow exports of British food and drink by 20 per cent by 2020. Last year exports were worth just over £12 billion, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).