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EU agri-food exports in August 2019 continued to grow

The monthly value of the EU agri-food exports in August 2019 continued to grow compared to the level in August 2018, reaching EUR 12.07 billion, 5.6% above the year before.

The highest increases in monthly export values (August 2019 compared to August 2018, EUR million) were recorded for China (+283, +33%), the USA (+192, +10%), and Japan (+69, +12%), while exports decreased most to Hong Kong (-66, -21%), Libya (-66, -59%) and Algeria (-48, -20%).

Looking at product categories, the increase in export values was driven in particular by wheat (+142, +39%), pork (+132, +36%) with a total of 494 million euros, spirits and liqueurs (+125, +12%), milk powders and whey (+82, +26%) and cheese (+52, +15%). On the other hand, exports of live animals (-74, -27%), beet and cane sugar (-52, -57%), raw hides and skins (-31, -45%), vegetable oils (excluding palm and olive oil) (-21, -11%) and beer (-20, -6%) decreased the most in value terms.