{"id":23112,"date":"2025-11-26T22:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/the-eu-increases-its-dependence-on-external-sheepmeat-suppliers-the-uk-new-zealand-and-australia-lead-the-market\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T22:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:51:29","slug":"the-eu-increases-its-dependence-on-external-sheepmeat-suppliers-the-uk-new-zealand-and-australia-lead-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/the-eu-increases-its-dependence-on-external-sheepmeat-suppliers-the-uk-new-zealand-and-australia-lead-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU increases its dependence on external sheepmeat suppliers: the UK, New Zealand and Australia lead the market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"767\">Sheepmeat availability within the EU remains limited, and as a result, Europe continues to rely heavily on major international suppliers to meet its demand. Data up to September show that <strong data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2254\">the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia<\/strong> are the three key players supplying sheepmeat to European markets.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"767\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23107 \" src=\"https:\/\/anafric.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/La-UE-refuerza-su-dependencia-de-proveedores-externos-de-ovino.jpg\" alt=\"La UE refuerza su dependencia de proveedores externos de ovino\" width=\"629\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anafric.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/La-UE-refuerza-su-dependencia-de-proveedores-externos-de-ovino.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/anafric.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/La-UE-refuerza-su-dependencia-de-proveedores-externos-de-ovino-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anafric.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/La-UE-refuerza-su-dependencia-de-proveedores-externos-de-ovino-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2323\" data-end=\"2607\">In the first nine months of the year, <strong data-start=\"2361\" data-end=\"2412\">the United Kingdom increased its exports by 15%<\/strong>, reaching <strong data-start=\"2423\" data-end=\"2440\">68,300 tonnes<\/strong>, driven by lower EU production and high prices within the European market. France, Belgium and the Netherlands remain the main European destinations for British lamb.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2609\" data-end=\"2800\">Meanwhile, <strong data-start=\"2620\" data-end=\"2666\">New Zealand maintains a stable export flow<\/strong>, totalling around <strong data-start=\"2685\" data-end=\"2702\">37,900 tonnes<\/strong>, confirming its strategic role as a consistent supplier for both the European and global markets.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2802\" data-end=\"3077\">The most significant growth comes from <strong data-start=\"2841\" data-end=\"2854\">Australia<\/strong>, which has boosted its shipments by <strong data-start=\"2891\" data-end=\"2898\">39%<\/strong>, rising from 13,800 t to 19,200 t between January and September. Greater tariff-free access to the UK and the diversion of product from Asian markets help explain this expansion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3079\" data-end=\"3261\">Among European suppliers, <strong data-start=\"3105\" data-end=\"3147\">Ireland has reduced its exports by 12%<\/strong>, reflecting tighter domestic availability and increasing difficulty competing with southern hemisphere producers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3263\" data-end=\"3445\">Overall, these trends confirm that the EU remains highly dependent on external suppliers to ensure its sheepmeat supply\u2014a key factor for maintaining stability in the European market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheepmeat availability within the EU remains limited, and as a result, Europe continues to rely heavily on major international suppliers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1097,1112,1096],"tags":[1100,1115,3473,2810],"class_list":["post-23112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anafric-en","category-ovino-caprino-en","category-sector-en","tag-anafric-en","tag-ovino-en","tag-proveedores","tag-ue-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}