IRELAND - Having grown for seven consecutive years, Irish pork exports reached 168,000 tonnes in 2015, 13 per cent higher than the year before and more than double their level in 2009.Around a third of this total headed for the UK market and Ireland also exports significant quantities of processed pig meat products to the UK (38,000 tonnes last year, including 9,000 tonnes of sausages).Pork shipments to the UK only grew at a similar rate to those to other destinations in 2015, despite the favourable exchange rate, probably an indication of UK buyers’ continuing preference for domestic product.Trade with Germany, mainly made up of sow carcases as in the UK, was up sharply, partly reflecting an 8 per cent rise in sow slaughterings. Third country trade was only slightly higher, as strong sales to China were offset by reduced exports to Japan, Korea and, of course, Russia.

　　爱尔兰猪肉出口经过持续七年的增长，在2015年达到168000吨，与去年相比增长了13%，出口水平是2009年的两倍还多。爱尔兰猪肉出口总量的三分之一供赠英国市场，同时爱尔兰也向英国出口大量猪肉加工产品(去年出口38000吨，包括9000吨的香肠)。出口到英国的猪肉产品和出口到其他目的地的猪肉产品增长速率相如。尽管处于有利汇率，有迹象暗示英国买家持续偏好国内产品。爱尔兰与德国的贸易主要由母猪胴体组成，和英国贸易一样迅速增长，在一定程度上反映了母猪屠宰数量上升。然而，爱尔兰与第三国的贸易只是稍微提高，尽管在中国的销售势头很强，但是弥补了对日本、韩国、俄国出口的减少。