date:Jun 18, 2021
opped 13.9 percent, wine 20 percent, and fruit 15.7 percent. Products of animal origin were also heavily impacted, with large falls in imports of EU pork, cheese, chicken and beef.
Whilst some of this large drop can be put down to end of year stockpiling, significant business has been lost as a direct result of the additional bureaucracy, customs delays and costs of trading with the EU, says John Whitehead, director of the Food Drink Exporters Association (FDEA).
Experienced FDEA members are