Exports of our fruit and vegetable juices have increased by almost 40 per cent since 2010 worth a record £65 million last year and overseas sales of our juices reached a record £65 million last year.

Apple and orange juice are among our biggest international sellers with £35 million in sales. Our juices are now shipped to 96 countries including fruit havens Spain, Italy, Brazil and America.

The demand for our fruit and vegetable drinks has soared by almost 40% since 2010 making the UK the fourth biggest juice exporter in the EU.

This adds to our growing food and farming sector, which is now worth a staggering £103 billion to the UK economy and employs 1 in 8 people. Overall our food and drinks exports now stand at £18.9 billion, their highest ever.

Fruit juice and cordial company Belvoir Fruit Farms has seen sales soar with exports rising 60 per cent between 2013 and 2014 to £2.6 million.

Its drinks are found in a growing number of countries across Europe, Scandinavia, America, Canada, the Middle East and South East Asia.

Its USA market more than doubled in the last year and it has now secured new business in Austria, Slovakia, France and South Korea.