Fish: UK Trade with EU

(asked on 9th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that trucks exporting fish to France are not delayed at the UK–France border.


This question was answered on 23rd February 2021

We are working closely with businesses that export fish to the EU to ensure they understand and are compliant with new export requirements. We are also meeting with authorities from Member States and the EU weekly to address border issues which are a significant cause of delays.

The Government has established a new Scottish Seafood Exports Taskforce to address medium and longer term export issues faced by traders of seafood. The Taskforce held its first meeting on 12 February with the primary aim is to increase confidence in the seafood and aquaculture supply chain by ensuring medium and longer-term issues are resolved. In addition to this, we have opened the £23 million Seafood Disruption Support Scheme for seafood exporting businesses across the UK that have been affected by the challenges of adjusting to new requirements for exporting to the EU. The Government has also committed to providing £100m of investment to rejuvenate the industry and coastal communities across the UK, on top of the £32m that will replace EU funding this year.

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