Less New Zealand Lamb to be Available for Export in 2014

摘要

With New Zealand releasing figures showing their second smallest lamb crop in nearly 60 years, NSA has been promoting a message that UK retailers needs to work harder to support domestic lamb suppliers because they will be unable to continue relying so heavily on cheap New Zealand imports in the future. The 2013 lamb crop is down 4.7% (1.3 million fewer lambs) on 2012, with export processing numbers expected to drop 6.8% to 19.5 million head. And this is at a time, according to information gained when I represented NSA on the Eblex-organised fact-finding tour of New Zealand this summer, when Kiwi exporters are beginning to prioritise emerging export markets, such as China, over more traditional markets in Europe.