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Calls for UK to improve relations with EU after food and drink exports plummet
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UK food and drink exports fell by 16% in the first nine months of 2021, according to industry figures that revealed the devastating impact of Brexit and the pandemic on the value of trade.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) said the sector’s exports declined by £2.7bn between January and September compared with pre-pandemic levels, a drop it blamed largely on a 24% decrease in sales to EU countries.
Labour said the decline in sales to the 27 member states would harm the UK’s ability to create well-paid jobs in export industries, adding that the decrease also undermined the government’s claim of improving Britain’s global trade ambitions.
Dominic Goudie, the FDF’s head of international trade, said it was essential ministers worked
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