French foie gras exports hit by Spain demand drop

 

Exports of French foie gras fell 8 percent last year, mainly dampened by economic troubles in Spain, France's main export market for the delicacy, producers group CIFOG said on Wednesday. The tsunami in Japan, another major destination of French foie gras, also contributed to the fall in 2011 exports, which was mostly a drop in sales of raw foie gras. A small rise in sales within France, pegged at 1.1 percent in volume in supermarkets, however, meant that overall sales of French foie gras in 2011 were about flat, CIFOG said.