UK-Australia trade deal: Tariffs on strawberries and pears will be eliminated over four years
Fruits
Vegetables
Australia
United Kingdom
Published Jun 13, 2023
Tridge summary
As the UK-Australia trade deal is now in force, not everyone seems to be totally informed. Unlike Australia, the UK is retaining its tariffs, quotas, and product-specific safeguards on Australian agricultural products for many years. Regarding fruit and vegetable products, tariffs on strawberries and pears will be eliminated over four years, while bananas, apples, and grapes will take eight years.
Original content
Tariffs on vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, cucumber, beans, asparagus, aubergines, celery, courgettes, sweetcorn, fennel, squash, pumpkin, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, even truffles, will take four years to be removed. To put this in context, the UK imported almost three million tons of vegetables last year and 3.6 million tons of fruit. These trade restrictions are mentioned to dispel the myth that the trade deal is bad for British Farmers. That isn’t the case. British farmers have been protected more than any other ...
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