Northern Ireland makes up 24% of fresh milk supplies for the Republic

FRESH milk supplies from Northern Ireland accounted for 24% of the market in the Republic last year with the domestic sector providing the remaining 76%.

The imported supplies were in packaged form and in bulk to be processed for liquid consumption in the state.

These amounted to 135 million litres, an increase of 13 million litres, or 11% on the import volumes in the previous year.