Mr. Philip Carroll:

The rise in exports is a direct response to the demand in the marketplace that has come from that. Looking at where we are in terms of the comparison between what we are paying, on average across the market, and our biggest competitors in the markets in which we want to participate, the French pay the most. We are on a par with Britain, Northern Ireland and Spain, which is one of the biggest producers in Europe. We are significantly ahead of both New Zealand and Australia, which are putting a huge amount of product into the European market. They are specifically targeting the UK market as well. We face vulnerabilites because of that, yet we are able to pay prices that compete with the top prices, other than with France. That is quite significant, given the extra challenges and costs associated with them. It it important to note that, notwithstanding the fact that we also accept that primary producers are having a difficult time too.