cranswick plc said thursday that retail demand in the uk remained strong during the third quarter of fiscal 2022 and that its performance over the festive period was comfortably ahead of the same period in 2020 the uk food producer said that for the 13 weeks to dec 25 export sales to asia were lower than in the yearprior period due to a fall in market prices as well as the continuing suspension of its norfolk primary porkprocessing facilitys china export license the company said the uk pork sector continues to face operational and commercial challenges with the supply of pigs at times exceeding demand and processing capacity our outlook for the current year is unchanged and we have a solid platform from which to continue cranswicks successful longterm development chief executive adam couch said