Flowers: Import Duties

(asked on 11th November 2020) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to support fresh flower sellers in the event that tariffs are applied to the flower industry after the transition period.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 16th November 2020

The UK Government intends to achieve an FTA with the EU by December 2020. In that scenario, we would not expect the UK Global Tariff (UKGT) to apply to EU imports. The Political Declaration sets an aim for "a zero tariff and zero quota FTA" and we are working hard to achieve that. Reducing the cost pressures and processes associated with trade is in the interests of people and businesses across the UK.

The Government wants a free trade deal, based on friendly cooperation. The UK is a significant importer of goods, including flowers, from the EU, and ensuring frictionless trade and avoiding tariffs would be beneficial to both sides, given our shared commitment to high regulatory standards.

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