How it started vs how it's going - for #SugarBeet growers

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How it started vs how it's going - for #SugarBeet growers1/8
How it started vs how it's going - for #SugarBeet growers1/8
In 2016, UK farm minister and Conservative MP George Eustice said farmers would be better off if the UK left the EU. Mr Eustice has since been promoted to @DefraGovUK secretary

2/8 https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-referendum/george-eustice-sets-vision-farming-life-outside-eu
George Eustice sets out vision for farming life outside EU - Farmers Weekly

Farm minister George Eustice has spelled out his vision for UK agriculture outside the EU and insisted: “We won't regret making a Brexit”. Mr Eustice has

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-referendum/george-eustice-sets-vision-farming-life-outside-eu
The government has now confirmed it will allow 260,000 tonnes of raw sugar to be imported tariff-free into the UK in 2021.

3/8 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/autonomous-tariff-rate-quota-atq-raw-cane-sugar-consultation-2020/outcome/government-response#raw-cane-sugar-atq--outcome
Sugar ATQ: government response

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/autonomous-tariff-rate-quota-atq-raw-cane-sugar-consultation-2020/outcome/government-response#raw-cane-sugar-atq--outcome
It follows the UK's decision to leave the EU and the end of the #Brexit transition period on 31 Dec 2020.

The government insists there will be no negative impact on UK farmers because the raw sugar will replace imports from the EU.

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https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/autonomous-tariff-rate-quota-atq-raw-cane-sugar-consultation-2020/outcome/government-response#raw-cane-sugar-atq--outcome
It follows the UK's decision to leave the EU and the end of the #Brexit transition period on 31 Dec 2020.The government insists there will be no negative impact on UK farmers because the raw sugar will replace imports from the EU.4/8 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/autonomous-tariff-rate-quota-atq-raw-cane-sugar-consultation-2020/outcome/government-response#raw-cane-sugar-atq--outcome
It follows the UK's decision to leave the EU and the end of the #Brexit transition period on 31 Dec 2020.The government insists there will be no negative impact on UK farmers because the raw sugar will replace imports from the EU.4/8 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/autonomous-tariff-rate-quota-atq-raw-cane-sugar-consultation-2020/outcome/government-response#raw-cane-sugar-atq--outcome
But @NFUSugar chairman @Mhssly says allowing so much raw sugar into the country tariff-free is 'devastating' for the UK's 3,000+ sugar beet growers & could lead to the permanent decline of UK sugar beet industry.

(5/8) https://www.nfuonline.com/sectors/nfu-sugar/nfu-sugar-must-read/tariff-free-sugar-quota-devastating-for-uk-beet-growers/
Tariff-free sugar quota devastating for UK beet growers

NFU Sugar board chairman Michael Sly has criticised the government’s decision to ignore the results of its own consultation and introduce a 260,000 tonne tariff-free quota for raw cane sugar imports.

https://www.nfuonline.com/sectors/nfu-sugar/nfu-sugar-must-read/tariff-free-sugar-quota-devastating-for-uk-beet-growers/
The sole processor of the UK #SugarBeet crop is @BritishSugar, which processes about 8m tonnes of sugar beet into some 1.4m tonnes of sugar each year – supporting thousands of jobs.

(6/8) https://www.britishsugar.co.uk/about-us/what-we-do/
We deliver world-class sugar products | What we do

As the sole processor of the UK’s beet sugar crop, we work in partnership with our 3,500 growers and our customers to deliver a world-class product.

https://www.britishsugar.co.uk/about-us/what-we-do/
Imported raw sugar is processed into white sugar and other products at the UK's sole cane sugar refinery in London, owned by @TateLyleSugars

(7/8) https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-sugar-imports/britain-to-allow-260000-t-of-tariff-free-raw-sugar-imports-idUKKBN28R2S7
Britain to allow 260,000 T of tariff-free raw sugar imports

Britain is to allow 260,000 tonnes of raw sugar to be imported tariff-free in 2021 as it develops an independent trade policy for the first time in nearly 50 years.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-sugar-imports/britain-to-allow-260000-t-of-tariff-free-raw-sugar-imports-idUKKBN28R2S7
FARMING FACTOID: @TateLyleSugars sponsored the @Conservatives annual party conference in 2017.

8/8 https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/tories-conference-in-foreign-sugar-gaffe
Tory conference in foreign sugar gaffe - Farmers Weekly

The government’s commitment to British farmers has been called into question after the Conservative party allowed a major sugar importer to sponsor its

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/tories-conference-in-foreign-sugar-gaffe
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