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The Food and Drink Federation has warned of extra costs for businesses and consumers due to major changes in the way in which manufacturers in the UK and EU interact at borders.
Ease of trading is key measure of success, say cross-channel businesses, not lack of lorry traffic.
Food industry bosses have condemned Brexit as an “unmitigated disaster” and claimed the cost of disruption has caused some firms to shut for good.
The head of the Food and Drink Federation said post-Brexit arrangements were having a major impact on the sector.
'Food exports to EU have declined by 50 to 60 per cent in January,' one leader says.
MPs were also warned that the UK could be “50,000 customs agents” short of what is needed when import regulations are enforced from April.
Ministers considering ‘lighter touch’ regime to avoid disruption to supplies from bloc.
Lord Frost, Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister, is reportedly considering allowing “lighter touch” controls on imports from 1 April.
British food exporters are set to be hit with millions of pounds of new costs due to new EU post-Brexit bureaucracy from next month.
There's been a huge fall in trade between the UK and Germany during the first month of the new trading relationship between the UK and the EU.
HMRC figures reveal huge year-on-year falls in trade, with whisky, cheese and chocolate worst hit.
UK salmon exports to EU crash 98%
22/03/2021
Exports of fish and meat from the UK to the EU saw a dramatic dip in January compared with the previous year, compounding the chaos following the end of the Brexit transition period.
Salmon exports fell 98% in January from year-earlier period. / Sales to Germany, Ireland, Italy down by more than 80%: FDF.
The UK’s export market suffered a total fall of £750 million - a 75.5 per cent decline from the previous January, the FDF said.
UK food and drink exports to the European Union dropped by 75% in January, the first month of life outside the EU’s single market, according to data published by the UK’s Food and Drink Federation.
Brexit hits UK food and drink exports to EU
23/03/2021
Salmon, beef, and whisky sales from the UK to the EU plummeted in January.
HMRC figures released by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) have revealed a significant fall in food and drink exports to the European Union (EU) and other international markets in the wake of the UK’s decision to leave the EU.
Post-Brexit Red Tape Is Set To Cost The Meat Industry £120m A Year and Reduce Some Exports By Half
24/03/2021
New barriers to the UK's trade with the European Union are set to cost British meat businesses an extra £120m a year and result in some traders losing 50% of their exports to the continent, a leading industry body has warned.
North MP Jamie Stone has accused the UK government of living in a "fantasy land" over Brexit and its impact on trade with Europe.
Delays, paperwork and additional costs are making British chocolate scarce in Europe.
Food has experienced a bit of a political renaissance as a result of Brexit. Farmers, workers in the food system, retailers and everyone who eats; all have been uneasy over the real risk that Brexit would negatively impact on our food system.
Food Businesses Brace For A New Wave Of Post-Brexit Paperwork Affecting Pizza, Pies And Sandwiches
21/04/2021
The UK food industry is warning that a deluge of new post-Brexit red tape which comes into effect today will increase export paperwork by a third and make some sales to Europe unviable.
Food and Drink Federation pleads with Boris Johnson to ‘urgently’ restarts talks to resolve the crisis.
Trade barriers erected in Boris Johnson’s deal have cost exporters more than £1.1 billion since the start of the year, the Food and Drink Federation said.