I remember when the British electorate passed Brexit in June 2016. “Wow!” I thought. “Does that sound like a bad idea!”Seven years on, Brexit—Britain’s unilateral withdrawal from the European Union (EU)—remains (I gather) a divisive issue. But one sector that probably thinks of it as a bad idea is British fruit growers.
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Since trade barriers were put in place in 2021, British fruit exports to the EU have dropped from £248.5 million ($306.8 million) to £113.8 million ($140.5 million): more than 50 percent. UK fruit exports to EU have dropped by more than half since Brexit | Brexit | The GuardianThe obstacles to British fruit illuminates some valuable points about trade barriers. In this case, the chief barrier seems to lie not with tariffs or duties, but with bureaucracy.“The chartered accountancy firm Hazlewoods, which analysed the figures, blamed a number of factors including the risk to farmers who are selling fruit, which may end up rotting if delayed by customs or phytosanitary officials in Calais and other EU ports,” reports The Guardian newspaper.The Guardian quoted Rebecca Copping, a partner at Hazlewoods: “Long delays at UK ports are dissuading many fruit farmers from sending their produce abroad. Even double-digit inflation hasn’t been enough to bring the value of fruit exports into the ...
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