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Delays, paperwork and additional costs are making British chocolate scarce in Europe.
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.
‘It’s too late baby’: Food and drinks industry leader brands post-Brexit arrangements ‘complete shambles’
08/12/2020
‘With just 14 working days to go, we have no clue what’s going to happen in terms of whether we do or don’t face tariffs’
Leaving the EU single market and customs union will bring new friction and red tape for food importers
Will there be food shortages after Brexit?
08/12/2020
Leaving the EU single market and customs union will bring new friction and red tape for food importers
Dairy shipments collapse by as much as 96 per cent. Experts say extra red tape and delays are to blame.
The UK’s trade agreement with Australia led to British farmers and associations voicing concerns about unfair competition and a lowering of food standards.
What does ‘Not for EU’ labelling mean? Concern post-Brexit food stickers will deter investment and exports
25/02/2024
The Food and Drink Federation said the 'Not for EU' labelling “poses significant risk to exports”, while polling has shown that Britons would be put off buying food with these stickers.
New post-Brexit border paperwork coming into force in July is expected to cost UK food companies millions of pounds, according to a trade body.
Industry leaders fear trading will be harder and more costly without comprehensive deal.
The Food and Drink Federation said Lord Frost's latest delay "penalises those who follow government advice".
There are concerns in the EU that the UK had not yet fully complied with the terms of the earlier Brexit divorce deal and stressed that “vigilance” would be required in future. / “Exports to our biggest market, Ireland, have also dropped more than two thirds." - Dominic Goudie, FDF
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.
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.
The UK government is yet to respond to a request by the food industry to waive parts of competition law so that companies can cooperate after a no-deal Brexit to mitigate food shortages.
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.
Sharp fall in qualified professionals needed to sign off health certificates for products going to EU.
UK food and drink exports to the European Union almost halved in the first three months of the year, compared with the same period in 2020.
Sales to Germany, Spain and Italy all dropped by more than a third in the past year.
UK food and drink exports to EU plummet
02/09/2021
Food and drink exports from the UK have plummeted due to a sharp drop in trade with the EU after Brexit, according to fresh research published today.
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.
Loss of 100,000 hauliers due to Covid and Brexit will cause food ‘rolling power cuts’, experts warn
Industry bosses call for measures to bring back Eastern European drivers after Covid and Brexit worsen a long-running shortage.
The latest Food and Drink Federation (FDF) trade snapshot in the UK has made for sobering reading, revealing that export trade with our nearest neighbours across market segments was down by 13.1% against figures from three years ago, at £20.2 billion.
Export health certificates on food from the EU will now only be needed from July 1 next year - instead of October 1 under previous plans - after a crisis of lost lorry drivers and empty shelves.