Irish mushroom exports increased by 31% to €151 million in 2021.
Overall the value of Irish horticulture and cereal exports increased by 14% to €271 million in 2021. The main export products within this sector are mushrooms, primary cereals, and amenity horticulture.
As we know this category is almost entirely dependent on the UK as a destination market. About 95% of horticulture exports went to the UK in 2021, which mirrored trade patterns in the previous year.
The value of cereal exports was €61.8 million, which was a 9% increase year-on-year and a 23% jump compared to 2019. The value of amenity horticulture exports increased by 16% to €19.7 million.
Overall exports of Irish food and drink hit a record €13.5 billion in 2021 - that is certainly good news for the Irish economy, especially in the teeth of a pandemic and also following the Brexit bump!
Every day €37m worth of Irish food and drink was exported last year.
