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Post-Brexit import checks risk further pushing up food prices, warns FPC

Fresh Produce Consortium warns traders will not be able to absorb estimated £10m extra cost on goods entering from EU.

Traders in the food supply chain are warning they will not be able to absorb the extra cost of charges levied for import checks on goods entering the country from the EU and the rest of the world, due to be introduced in the new year.

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Can PM’s call for Brits to eat fish save the UK fishing industry post Brexit?

Can PM’s call for Brits to eat fish save the UK fishing industry post Brexit?

Calls for ‘Eat British Fish Campaign’ deemed too little, too late by UK fishing industry leaders.

Barrie Deas, chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, said fishing communities were “very disappointed” with the post-Brexit trade deal signed by Mr Johnson.

This gave “free access” to EU fleets to fish in UK waters, he added, but without “securing revised quota shares that would reflect the UK’s new status as an independent coastal state”.

He did, however, welcome the idea of a buy-British campaign.

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Impact of Brexit already estimated to have cost fresh produce sector 49 million pounds

Impact of Brexit already estimated to have cost fresh produce sector 49 million pounds

New operational procedures, inspections and bureaucracy required amount to approximately 400 Euros per truck as EU exporters struggle to adapt.

The EU exports over 3.2 million tons of fresh fruit and vegetables to the UK yearly, representing 40 percent of the UK’s internal demand. The staged introduction of UK controls is also helping the sector to adapt to new border customs and phytosanitary checks. So far this has prevented the “worst-case scenario’ of chaos and long lines at the EU-UK border affecting the quality of perishable trade. However, the sector is already facing significant additional costs through the need for new operational procedures, inspections and bureaucracy.

Source: FPC Freshtalk Daily

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The fight for the future of British fish and seafood

Maersk introduces block train service for PPE transportation to support the delivery of crucial medical equipment from China to Poland.

The new Be UnShellfish campaign highlights the difficulties faced by fishermen and explains how chefs and consumers can buy direct from the net, to keep the industry afloat.

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