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British food and drink exports to EU down a third since Brexit

His 16 October analysis of HMRC data put the fall in EU agri-food exports at more than a third; a draft SPS text was agreed on 3 November

The UK and the EU agreed a draft deal on 3 November to remove border checks and paperwork from food, plant and animal exports. The 200-page text is with member states ahead of a 20 November summit in Brussels.

Updated 7 days ago

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The EU is our largest trading partner for agri-food products, accounting for 68% of agri-food exports last year, but trade volumes have fallen over a third since 2019.

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British farmers and growers must retain access to precision-breeding technologies that will help to strengthen food resilience to extreme weather, and to science-based plant protection products that help protect food being grown for 29 million households from pests and diseases.

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