Positive news for Scottish seafood exporters
Discussions took place today [Friday 14 May] during the seventh meeting of the Scottish seafood exports taskforce, which brings together key industry figures from the fishing industry with officials and senior politicians from the UK Government and Scottish Government.
UK Government Minister for Scotland David Duguid chaired the meeting and said the taskforce had tackled problems which affected the seafood sector since Britain’s exit from the EU, many relating to paperwork now required by the EU.
Following the meeting, Minister Duguid said:
This taskforce has been unusual as it has brought together industry experts from the catching, processing, exporting and aquaculture sectors as well as three ministers from the UK Government and the Scottish Government.
PROMISES OF frictionless trade with the EU have proven ill-founded AFTER FOUR months of pain for Scotland s fresh meat and seafood exporters, a cross party Westminster committee has officially confirmed what they already know – the UK government s Brexit deal did not deliver frictionless trade with the European Union. Scotland Food and Drink has welcomed the report – compiled by by the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee – as ‘hugely significant’, not least because it backed SFD s own call for the UK government to get back to the negotiating table with the EU and reach a new agreement on veterinary certification. As things stood, said SFD, arrangements at the border with the EU were unworkable and hugely damaging to business viability.
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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.
The Government must take a 'pragmatic' approach in discussions with the EU to reduce 'considerable' non-tariff barriers including red tape and checks that the new GB-EU trading environment has created for British companies