The UK has long imported more seafood than it exports. In 2019, according to MMO statistics, the UK imported 721,000t of sea fish, with a value of £3,457m. It exported 452,000t with a value of £2,004m – a net UK…
The UK government has set out what it describes as a ‘pragmatic’ new timetable for introducing full import controls for goods being imported from the EU to the UK. Its statement explains: “Businesses have faced a range of challenges over…
‘Nothing we can do if EU wants to ban LBM imports’ DEFRA secretary George Eustice told a Commons committee that DEFRA did fully understand the legal aspects of the EU ban on exports of live bivalve molluscs (LBMs) for purification…
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