Exports of U.K. food and drink totaled GBP 4.9 billion (USD 6.3 billion, EUR 5.6 billion) in the first-quarter of this year, an increase of 8.3 percent year-on-year, and represented the largest Q1 exports value on record, according to new figures published by the Food & Drink Federation (FDF) trade association.
The United Kingdom’s top three export products remain whisky, salmon and chocolate, with exports of salmon seeing the largest value growth, up 52.3 percent in Q1 2017 …