Agriculture: UK Trade with EU
2026-06-02 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 6349 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses in each sector are included within the Government's estimate that up to 500,000 businesses may be affected by a future UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement.
Answer
The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement agreement affects in some way: most of the 209,000 farm holdingsmost of the 20,000 food and drink manufacturing businessesmany of the approximately 170,000 food and beverage services (not including accommodation)ap...