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The UK has secured new access specifically for Northern Irish exporters through dedicated negotiations with Mexico.
The twelve approved businesses will also now be able to export offal and edible by-products, bringing British pig farmers a return on parts that are less popular in the UK but which Mexican consumers relish as part of classical buche meat dishes.
With consumption in Mexico’s pork market growing by 5.4% annually between 2019 and 2024, industry estimates expect the deal to bring in £19m over the first five years.
The 12 sites approved include:
- Cranswick Country Foods PLC – Hull, Watton and Ballymena
- Pilgrim’s Pride Ltd – Spalding and Westerleigh, Bristol
- Thermotraffic Ltd - Wrexham
- Magnavale Chesterfield Ltd - Chesterfield
- ABP Cold Store - Hull
- Americold Spalding Ltd - Spalding
- Turners (Soham) Ltd - Suffolk
- Karro Food Group - Cookstown
- Interfrigo Ltd - Antrim
This successful outcome follows eight years of negotiations between Mexican and UK authorities led by Defra, including Food Standards Agency, DAERA and industry partnerships with valuable support from the Department for Business and Trade and the FCDO.
The deal will pave the way for future opportunities for British exporters, with 20% tariffs on pork set to disappear once Mexico ratifies the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), making quality British produce even more competitive in this growing market.
August 4, 2025/ UK Government/ United Kingdom.
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