# Imports, exports and lumpy skin disease

> The UK's Defra lifted import restrictions on several commodities from France, including live ungulates, fresh meat, raw milk, bovine embryos and semen, and certain hides and skins, effective 26 October 2026. The restrictions had been imposed under a lumpy skin disease special measures declaration of June 2025. Separately, AHDB reported record British cheese exports in Q2, with total cheese volumes up 15.3% year-on-year.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-03T06:14:28.613Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/77143-imports-exports-and-lumpy-skin-disease
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Reopening French livestock and dairy trade eases bovine supply constraints and restores export flows for dairy and by-products. The stronger UK cheese export pace signals firm demand for dairy ingredients, with limited direct effect on feed grain or meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-04-01 | [Bird Flu's Varied Impacts on Egg and Milk Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25732-bird-flu-s-varied-impacts-on-egg-and-milk-markets.md) | -8.4% | -6.5% |
| MILK | 2025-07-31 | [The changing landscape of Livestock Diseases in 2025 \| CLAL News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15985-the-changing-landscape-of-livestock-diseases-in-2025-clal-news.md) | +1.6% | +1.8% |
| MILK | 2022-08-04 | [Foot-and-mouth disease Australia: what is FMD and what happens if it enters the country? \| Agriculture \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39974-foot-and-mouth-disease-australia-what-is-fmd-and-what-happens-if-it-enters-the.md) | -0.6% | -2.6% |
| MILK | 2025-03-12 | [Bird Flu's Varied Impacts on Egg and Milk Markets \| College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25604-bird-flu-s-varied-impacts-on-egg-and-milk-markets-college-of-agricultural-and.md) | -0.2% | -7.2% |
| MILK | 2024-05-09 | [Nicaragua reports screwworm outbreak in cattle
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30190-nicaragua-reports-screwworm-outbreak-in-cattle-the-cattle-site.md) | +0.5% | +4.8% |

## Sources

- dairyindustries.com: https://www.dairyindustries.com/blog/52048/imports-exports-and-lumpy-skin-disease/

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