EU exports of pork to UK dwindling

EU countries have exported 181,800 tonnes of pork and pork meat products to the United Kingdom in the first quarter of 2024. Although that might seem a lot, it is the lowest Q1 volume on record, excluding 2021 when Brexit had a severe impact on trade, the agricultural levy board AHDB reports. The situation might get significantly worse in the rest of this year because of the new border controls the UK introduced on April 30th. The British Meat Processors Associations BMPA warns that the cost of those controls are highly underestimated. ‘’The estimates are misleading,’’ Peter Hardwick, Trade Policy Advisor says. The export of European frozen pork to the British market declined by some 16% year on year. The export of bacon by over 6% and that of processed ham, shoulders and pieces by 7.3%. However, in value, total pork imports to the UK increased in the first quarter, compared to a year earlier, by 4% to £683,6 million, due to the higher prices. Those figures are, to a small extent, ...