date:May 23, 2013
l Irish beef exports and 36% of dairy products and ingredients in 2012.
However, despite Ireland's dominance as a food exporter, market forces ensure that the flow of trade is not one-way. The value of food exports from Britain to Ireland is in the region of 2 billion per annum.
The poultry sector is a prime example of the level of inter-trading that takes place. Despite the British market accounting for 85% of total poultry exports from Ireland, worth 175 million per annum, Ireland imports 90