date:Jun 21, 2021
number of factors including the continued closure of the UKs hospitality sector, stockpiling in late 2020, reduced demand for ingredients as a result of the decline in exports to the EU, and import substitution.
This fall is set to increase when full checks are implemented at UK borders in 2022. Of the UKs top 10 products imported from the EU from 2019 to 2021, vegetables dropped 13.9%, wine 20%, and fruit 15.7%. Products of animal original were also heavily impacted, with large falls in import