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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
You haven't thought this through properly, have you? You go straight for Brexit with no proof whatsoever.
Spain/Morocco suffer a production shortage of, say, tomatoes. So, up goes the price and the highest bidder gets the goods.
The supermarkets then turn to UK sources of tomatoes; but their costs have risen and many will have stopped producing such products. The supermarkets then turn to Spain/Morocco, who have already sold their tomatoes to the higher bidders.
Hence shortage.
Because there has been no previous supply issue, Brexit cannot have any role in the shortage of tomatoes.
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Clearly, the UK is not known for its tomato-growing facilities in February!
But there is clearly a link between Brexit and the UK's reduced self-sufficiency in food through a reduction in available labour and farming subsidies. A viewing of Series 2 of Clarkson's Farm demonstrates the subsidy issues post-EU.
Regarding the supply issues from the EU
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Pekka Pesonen, secretary-general of Copa-Cogeca, the EU farmers’ union, said extra post-Brexit paperwork was also a factor, even though full sanitary and phytosanitary checks on imports have not yet been implemented.
“There is high demand for certain Spanish produce and if Spanish companies are approached, would they opt to sell to the British, or to EU countries which are easier to export to, where they don’t have all the paperwork?” he said.
“It’s more of a hassle exporting from Spain to the UK instead of to Germany. If you pay enough there will always be sources, but I don’t know whether UK retailers are willing to pay extremely high prices.”
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https://www.ft.com/content/434b13b1-...1-6bbe8a728870