Scotland

Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 42, Issue 3

Scotland has seen a massive 55 per cent rise in food and drink exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The latest figures for the first two quarters of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 also show the Middle East is now the largest market for smoked salmon outside the EU with an increase of 48 per cent– to a value of £2.5 million – and confirms the emerging importance of the region to Scotland.

The statistics demonstrate continued growth after UAE emerged in 2010 as the second fastest growing market for Scottish food and drink, with growth of 114 per cent. They also show that Scotland Food and Drink and SDI’s partnership overseas to deliver the industry strategy is making good progress.