'Serious barriers remain' for British meat exports, MPs warn
30 April 2021 |
MPs warn that trading barriers with the EU could render many UK meat businesses 'unviable'
MPs have warned that British meat exporters who trade with the EU still face 'serious barriers', including 'considerable' non-tariff issues such as red tape and checks.
The cross-party EFRA Committee has expressed 'urgent concerns' for exporters of highly time-sensitive fresh and live seafood and meat shipments to the bloc.
Despite overcoming initial 'teething problems', the new barriers that small and medium sized businesses now face could 'render them unviable', its new report warned.
And if these exporting problems continue into the future, British factories and jobs could be left with no choice but to relocate to the continent.