During the Commissioners briefing one journalist who asked if they could move some cattle to a market across the border on the day after April 12th, was told “ keep your cows at home for a couple of days.”
He also remarked that the EU had a €24 billion agri-food surplus with the UK. With Poland and Ireland providing 90 per cent of mushroom imports.
He indicated that there were no alternate suppliers available for mushrooms. Mr Hogan indicated that it was not just tariffs that would be problematic in the event of a no deal.
Delays and administrative barriers and customs controls and veterinary and health SPS checks would cause significant problems - especially for the fruit and vegetable sector that depended on just in time deliveries.
