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So it begins. Actually it has already begun. For anyone under the delusion that our benign benefactors in Parliament will chuck this plan into touch at the last minute, then I will explain it simply.
Our meat and dairy industry is destined for the scrap heap. The Government does not have to do anything to bring this about. All the required mechanisms and the legislation to invoke them are already signed into law and waiting. We voted on them last year and they all passed without comment or resistance.
I pondered on why the Red Meat Levy was slipped into the recent agriculture bill, It seemed innocuous, and benefitted the industry to have it. I also pondered about what makes us export live animals to Eastern Europe for slaughter then ship carcasses to Belgium for butchering and packing, then importing back into the UK. Then it struck me - these two are connected. Zero tariff trade and incentives to use off shore slaughtering gives enough support fotr those practices.
But then I thought why was Red Meat Levy so important. As I explained in ther posts it opens the door for red meat to be taxed and all that changes is the existing rate, The collection and operation is already active. However that is reallly only of serious benefit to the export . import operation, not so much local or domestic meat trade, When we leave the EU on 30th Dec this year, that changes, and the levy will be less benefit to the industry and almost redundant.
Then I looked at the emergency tariff schedules that will automatically be invoked if we have a No Deal Brexit, Remember, these hav e already been voted on and are set in legal stone now, I will merely put up a link to the relevant information and lrt you guys peruse it.
https://ahdb.org.uk/eu-and-uk-import-tariff-rates-for-selected-beef-products
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/temporary-tariff-regime-for-no-deal-brexit-published
https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/red-meat-route-to-market-project-report
Now red meat will be taxed on export and taxed again as packaged meat - see the magic? The gov does nothing and then there is an immediate car crash waiting to happen.
Note that grain soy and other big ag exports and imports are zero tariff under the emergency tariff plan
Our meat and dairy industry is destined for the scrap heap. The Government does not have to do anything to bring this about. All the required mechanisms and the legislation to invoke them are already signed into law and waiting. We voted on them last year and they all passed without comment or resistance.
I pondered on why the Red Meat Levy was slipped into the recent agriculture bill, It seemed innocuous, and benefitted the industry to have it. I also pondered about what makes us export live animals to Eastern Europe for slaughter then ship carcasses to Belgium for butchering and packing, then importing back into the UK. Then it struck me - these two are connected. Zero tariff trade and incentives to use off shore slaughtering gives enough support fotr those practices.
But then I thought why was Red Meat Levy so important. As I explained in ther posts it opens the door for red meat to be taxed and all that changes is the existing rate, The collection and operation is already active. However that is reallly only of serious benefit to the export . import operation, not so much local or domestic meat trade, When we leave the EU on 30th Dec this year, that changes, and the levy will be less benefit to the industry and almost redundant.
Then I looked at the emergency tariff schedules that will automatically be invoked if we have a No Deal Brexit, Remember, these hav e already been voted on and are set in legal stone now, I will merely put up a link to the relevant information and lrt you guys peruse it.
https://ahdb.org.uk/eu-and-uk-import-tariff-rates-for-selected-beef-products
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/temporary-tariff-regime-for-no-deal-brexit-published
https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/red-meat-route-to-market-project-report
Now red meat will be taxed on export and taxed again as packaged meat - see the magic? The gov does nothing and then there is an immediate car crash waiting to happen.
Note that grain soy and other big ag exports and imports are zero tariff under the emergency tariff plan
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