Meat processor Tulip which is owned by the world’s largest pork processor and exporter The Danish Crown Group is investing £37 million into its Ashton, Spalding, and Westerleigh facilities in the UK with the goal of increasing pork exports to China by 25% from 12,000 tons in 2013 to 15,000 tons in 2014. Globally the company exports 41,000 tons of pig meat and began exporting pork to China in 2012 after a successful UK trade mission in 2011. The final upgrades are expected to be completed in the summer of 2014.
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