Italian food exports drop in the United Kingdom due to Brexit

Published 2021년 6월 17일

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An analysis by Coldiretti has found that Italian food product purchases in Great Britain have fallen by 2% due to Brexit-related limitations and the Covid pandemic. The difficulties faced by those exporting to the UK include customs procedures and increased transport costs. These issues could threaten the €3.4 billion annual agri-food exports to the UK, which ranks fourth among Italy's commercial partners for food and drink. The violations of Brexit agreements by the UK could also lead to the arrival of food and drinks that do not comply with EU safety standards and counterfeits of protected food products.

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In contrast to the jump recorded in Made in Italy exports, only purchases of Italian food products in Great Britain fell, down by 2% due to the limitations imposed by Brexit. This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti based on Istat data relating to foreign trade in April 2021 compared to the previous year. "To weigh on food exports - underlines Coldiretti - are the bureaucratic and administrative difficulties linked to the exit of the British from the European Union, which are added to the effects of the Covid pandemic with the restart of catering made more difficult by the new spread of the so-called variant Covid Indian ". "The major problems for those exporting to the United Kingdom - Coldiretti points out - concern customs procedures and also concern the increase in transport costs due to delays and greater controls. Difficulties that jeopardize the 3.4 billion euros of annual Made in Italy agri-food exports with the overseas country ranking fourth among the ...

Source: Dissapore