Irish butter exports spread across the world

If all the butter Ireland now exports annually was put into standard eight-ounce blocks it could be wrapped around the world three times.

The butter exports would also take up the same footprint as Dublin’s iconic Liberty Hall and would stretch almost three-quarters of a kilometre high into the sky.

The latest figures from Bord Bia for 2018 published today show the value of Ireland’s exports of food, drink and horticultural products exceeded €12bn last year with exports of butter alone over €1bn for the first time.

This represents a 22% increase in value last year which was achieved despite difficult and unstable international trading conditions.

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