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Agricultural Products: UK Trade With EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost to British businesses of not securing a Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement with the European Union.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 13 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 17 Nov 2025
Answer: 25 Nov 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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13 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost to British businesses of not securing a Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement with the European Union.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2025
Answer published
Defra commissioned research highlights significant non-tariff measure costs for exporting GB agri-food and plant products to the EU:Export Health Certificates cost up to £200 for agri-food goods.Phytosanitary Certificates cost approximately £25 alongside ...

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