NZ lamb exports to France, Germany fell by 16%
New Zealand's lamb exports to Europe have fallen in the first 11 months of 2019 as China's increased demand for meat rerouted the shipments to Asia. According to AHDB analysts, France and Germany have seen the largest reduction in lamb imports from New Zealand, 16% and 15% respectively. Also, a decline in lamb imports in the French market was seen at other suppliers such as Spain and Ireland, both down by 4%. "These reductions were balanced by increased imports from the UK though, up 8%. The UK was already France’s largest supplier of fresh and frozen sheep meat and was well placed to capitalize on New Zealand redirecting its exports towards Asia by upping exports to ‘fill the gaps’. The value of these imports fell just under 5%, as average prices fell.
Total fresh and frozen sheep meat imports into Germany dropped in the year to November, down 11% to 38,000 tonnes. Imports from New Zealand, Germany’s biggest supplier were down 15% to 17,500 tonnes and though imports have increased from the UK by 15%, this has not been enough to compensate for the reduction in volume from New Zealand", commented Jennie Tanner, AHDB analyst.
Sheep meat production in Germany was static in the year to October 2019, at 20,000 tonnes. October continued that trend, unchanged from 2018 at 2,000 tonnes. Germany is not a large exporter of sheepmeat and exports were fairly static in the year to November, down just over 1% to 5,600 tonnes. Exports to their biggest markets the Netherlands, Austria, and Sweden all fell though there were small increases in Italy and exports to Denmark increased back to levels more similar to 2017.
In France, production in the year to November was virtually unchanged from 2018 (-0.7%), at 75,000. A very slight increase in carcass weights helped to maintain production, as the number of animals killed fell 1.2% to 3.85 million head.
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