Brexit: Irish bakeries turn from Britain and look to EU and NI

Published 2021년 6월 29일

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Brexit has significantly impacted the flour market in Ireland, leading to a sharp decrease in imports from Britain, the former primary supplier, by up to 25% since the start of the year. This decline has prompted Irish bakeries to seek alternative supplies from Northern Ireland and other EU countries like France and Germany. The reduced British flour imports are largely attributed to tariffs on non-EU wheat and disrupted transport routes at the Ireland-Britain border. Some bakeries have shifted to tariff-free EU sources and have adapted their recipes to avoid tariffs. There has been a noticeable rise in flour imports from Northern Ireland into the Republic, with an 81% increase in the import of cereals and cereal preparations in the first three months of the year. This surge in demand is prompting mills in Northern Ireland to contemplate expanding their capacity to better meet the growing demand from the Republic.

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Flour imports from Britain, the main market for flour for Irish bakeries, have fallen sharply as businesses seek alternative supplies from Northern Ireland and the European Union due to Brexit. The National Association of British and Irish Millers (Nabim) has estimated that British flour exports into the Republic have fallen by up to 25 per cent since the start of this year. The two mills in Northern Ireland – Allied and Andrews – have taken up about a third of this business lost by Britain with mills in other parts of the EU such as in France and Germany accounting for the remaining two-thirds of the British flour revenue lost because of Brexit. Tariffs on flour milled from more than 15 per cent Canadian and other non-EU wheat along with disrupted transport routes between Ireland and Britain due to Brexit-related Border checks since January 1st have forced some Irish bakeries to look elsewhere for their flour. Alex Waugh, director general of Nabim, also known as UK Flour Millers, ...

Source: Irishtimes