date:Nov 29, 2012
country's economic recovery. But it also lags its international rivals in exploiting export markets.
The food and farming sector is the UK's largest manufacturing industry, employing 3.5m people and generating a turnover of around GBP90bn (US$143.42bn) a year. The industry exports products to the value of approximately GBP18bn annually. Its scale - and scope for future growth - mean that it will be a huge driver fuelling the country's economic recovery, Secretary of State Owen Paterson tells ju