Food Industry Statistics

Food & Drink Industry Facts and Figures

• The food and drink manufacturing industry is the single largest manufacturing sector in the UK, with a turnover of £70bn accounting for 15% of the total manufacturing sector. Ours is the fourth largest food and drink manufacturing industry in the world.

• The industry employs some 500,000 people. This represents 13.7% of the manufacturing workforce in the UK. In addition, an estimated 1.2 million workers in ancillary activities depend on a successful food and drink industry for their jobs.

• The sector is an important trading partner with Europe: exporting almost £10bn of food and drink products a year, two-thirds of which go the the EU. We are the world's fifth largest exporter of food and drink.

• The industry is an important partner of British farming: buying two-thirds of all the UK's agricultural produce. All this economic activity is carried out by 6,530 food and drink enterprises - the vast majority of which are small companies, many employing less than 10 people.

Source : Food & Drink Federation

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