Food and Drink Exporters Association

Name

Food and Drink Exporters Association

Website

https://ukfdea.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Food and Drink Exporters Association is a UK-based, Leatherhead-headquartered trade association founded in 2009 that serves as a community for food and beverage suppliers and manufacturers, operating with 1-10 employees and led by Managing Director Katie Birrell.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food and Beverage Export Trade Association

NAICS

Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers (42482)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140), Wholesale-Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages (5180)

akta.pro primary industry

Beverage Import/Export & Cross-Border Wholesale (AFAIAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Ethnic & International Foods Wholesale Distribution (CRAOAAAJ)

Keywords

• Food export services
• Beverage export services
• Trade association membership
• Food industry networking
• Export compliance support

Headquarters

HQ city

Leatherhead

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

The Food and Drink Exporters Association is a community of food and beverage suppliers and manufacturers, organized as an industry body supporting companies engaged in the export of UK food and drink products. It acts as a membership-based trade association, providing a forum and shared identity for suppliers and manufacturers in the food and beverage export sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food and Drink Exporters Association Membership Membership in a trade association community representing UK food and beverage suppliers and manufacturers involved in export activities.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Provision Trade Federation: UK trade association representing companies in the food and drink supply chain, including importers and exporters of processed food products. Closely aligned membership model and export/import focus with Food and Drink Exporters Association.
• Chilled Foods Association: UK trade association for chilled food manufacturers and supply-chain participants, providing regulatory guidance, training, and industry representation. Operates a similar member-based, food-and-drink industry support model in the UK.
• British Frozen Food Federation: UK trade association representing manufacturers and distributors of frozen food products, including members active in international trade. Comparable as a UK food-and-drink-sector membership body serving producers and exporters.
• British Poultry Council: UK trade association for poultry producers, processors and suppliers, including members active in exports. Comparable as a sector-specific UK food-and-drink trade body operating on a membership/community model.
• UK Wine and Spirit Trade Association: UK trade body representing companies that produce, import, and export wine and spirits. Highly comparable as a UK-based, export-oriented, membership-driven association serving food and drink suppliers.

Regional players

• Scotland Food & Drink: Not-for-profit industry body supporting Scottish food and drink producers with a strong export-promotion remit. Comparable membership/community model and export focus, though operating on a regional (Scottish) rather than UK-wide basis.
• Food and Drink Ireland (IBEC): Representative body for the Irish food and drink industry within IBEC, supporting manufacturers and exporters. Comparable as a national food-and-drink trade body with an export mandate, but operating in a different jurisdiction (Ireland).

Broad incumbents

• Food and Drink Federation: The principal UK food and drink manufacturer trade association, advocating for members and providing export, regulatory, and policy support. Directly comparable to Food and Drink Exporters Association in scope (UK food and drink industry representation) but materially larger and broader in mandate.
• National Farmers' Union: Large UK membership organisation representing farmers and growers, with significant policy advocacy and an export-adjacent remit via its horticulture and arable members. Comparable as a UK food-supply-chain trade body, though broader in scope beyond export.

Others

• UK trade body directory (Food & Drink sector listing): Aggregator/index of UK trade associations and industry bodies, including export-focused food and drink groups. Adjacent (enabling) rather than competing, but materially relevant for member discovery, benchmarking, and partnership pathways.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UKFDEA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ukfdea

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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