Sausage makers say they won’t be able to sell into EU after Brexit because government hasn't sorted certification
18/02/2020
The UK's famous sausages, from Cumberland to Lincolnshire, stand to suffer if the government doesn't act.
Proposed procedures for importing and exporting of goods are “convoluted, expensive and will seriously hamper trade with other countries”, says BMPA.
Charlie McConalogue says trade between Ireland and UK will be difficult without deal.
‘Like a ghost town’: Food boss laments collapse in trade at fish market as exports to EU face barriers.
Nimisha Raja did all she could to prepare her business for 1 January but the upheaval is already taking its toll.
'My meat shipment is rotting in Rotterdam'
20/01/2021
Tony Hale has five containers of pork sitting at Rotterdam port that is now "rotten".
UK meat exporters have warned the government that post-Brexit changes at the border have caused disruption to meat shipments crossing the channel.
British meat processors are registering businesses in the European Union in order to bypass post-Brexit export delays, with flows just 50% of normal levels and costs soaring, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said on Tuesday.
British meat processors are registering businesses in the European Union in order to bypass post-Brexit export delays, with flows just 50% of normal levels and costs soaring, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said on Tuesday.
UK meat businesses are considering setting up an EU base to bypass export problems, as meat processors continue to struggle to ship product to the continent, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) claims.
Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) members from Montgomeryshire, as well as the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), have met with local MP Craig Williams to discuss the impact Brexit is having on meat exports and highlighted the need to address non-tariff barriers that are causing major problems for exporters.
The British meat industry faces a long-running problem of skilled staff shortages which has been exacerbated by recent Government decisions.
The BMPA claims the UK Government has made it “doubly difficult” to recruit new butchers as a result of Brexit and a lack of funding for education courses.
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.
Helen Browning’s Organic says it is switching to Danish suppliers owing to bureaucracy, delays and costs
Brexit's impact on the UK meat industry extends beyond "teething problems", says industry group
25/03/2021
New Impact Report from the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) reveals the real cost of Brexit to the UK meat industry.
UK Meat Industry: Brexit Impact Report
25/03/2021
The UK meat industry employs around 97,000 people and is worth an estimated £8.2 billion a year to the UK, including about £1.6 billion in exports. / This report examines the impact of the first three months of trading with the EU as a third country.
EU said agreement on common rules ‘on the table’ - but UK would probably have to drop prized right to diverge
Weaknesses in the current export system and “mountains” of red tape due to Brexit could lead to a potential permanent loss of trade of between 20% and 50% for British meat companies, an industry body has warned.
UK meat exporters could permanently lose half their trade due to Brexit, according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).
Additional paperwork and certification have cost the UK meat industry up to £120 million since the end of the transition period, a new report states.
Britain’s meat industry could permanently lost up to half of its exports because of “mountains” of Brexit red tape, a leading trade body has warned.
Brexit will lead to permanent loss of trade in meat, says BMPA’s new Brexit Impact Report
29/03/2021
The British Meat Processors Association has published a Brexit Impact Report which draws on the experiences of meat exporters to date and says problems with new rules at the border are not going away and predicts a permanent reduction in trade.
Industry chiefs urge government to forge standards deal with EU to ease ‘enormous’ trade friction.