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What could a No Deal EU exit mean for agricultural input prices?

Alistair DriverBy Alistair DriverDecember 8, 20205 Mins Read
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With just over three weeks to go until the end of the Transition Period and a trade deal with the EU still hanging in the balance, AHDB has summarised the impact on input prices of new tariffs that could apply from next year.

Currently, any products that the UK imports from outside of the EU face the EU’s Common External Tariff, so a number of inputs already face tariffs and certain regulations.

However, from January 1, the UK Global Tariff will replace this. All UK imports, regardless of source, would be subject to the tariff regime, which will result in some changes to tariff rates for certain products.

The big unknown, of course, is how our trade with the EU will look after January 1. If an agreement is reached, the UK Global Tariffs will not apply to the EU-27.

“There is also lack of clarity over the requirements at the border controls, and subsequently any additional administrations friction and costs that could be controlled,” AHDB analysts Mark Topliff and Felicity Rusk said:

“Finally, exchange rates will continue to have an influence, depending on the reaction of the money markets come the New Year.”

This uncertainty makes it very difficult to predict the overall impact of EU Exit, although the impact on individual business will be determined by when and how inputs are purchased and used, they add.

In an article on its website, AHDB outlines the potential impact of EU Exit on different input categories.

Animal Feed

  • Animal feed imports would not be subject to tariffs under the UK Global Tariff, with the exception of maize gluten meal/prairie meal at £267/tonne, and wheat brans at £36/tonne.
  • Import controls will be risk-based in the event of a no-deal. No new controls are planned for imports from the EU of animal feed categorised as high risk because the risk does not change on day one.
  • High-risk feed encompasses all products of animal origin and some specified products not animal origin. Border checks are currently made on high-risk food and feed from third countries. There are no routine checks on the import of food and feed from other EU countries.
  • For shipments from further afield, a new notification system is being developed because the UK will no longer have access to EU import controls. High-risk feed imported from third countries via the EU will be checked on entry to the UK at a designated point of entry.\\

Seeds

  • Imports of seed treatments would be subject to a tariff of 6%, which is unchanged from the EU’s Common External Tariff.
  • Imported barley and oats would be subject to an additional per tonne tariff of £77/t and £74/t respectively.
  • The main food and feed crop varieties marketed in the UK will need to be on the UK national list in order to be marketed.
  • Seed and propagating material from outside the UK will need to comply with normal international requirements.

Veterinary Medicines

  • Most of the medicines used on UK farms are imported via the short straits (Dover-Calais). However, there are no tariffs applied to animal medicines under the UK Global Tariff.
  • To ensure continuity of supply, the UK would for a time-limited period continue to accept batch testing of veterinary medicines carried out in the EU, European Economic Area or any third countries with whom the EU has made arrangements.
  • Any veterinary medicines imported into the UK from any other third country would continue to require batch testing in the UK and certification – except where third countries and the EU have made appropriate arrangements with each other.

 

Fertlilisers

  • The UK imports most of its fertilizer requirements from either the EU or countries such as Morocco, Algeria or Egypt.
  • Imported urea, ammonium nitrate (AN) and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) will be subject to a 6% tariff, down from 6.5% under the EU’s Common External Tariff.
  • Imported nitrogen/phosphate and phosphate/potassium products will be subject to a 2% tariff, down from 3.2% under the EU’s Common External Tariff.
  • The existing domestic framework which allows fertilisers to be sold in the UK will remain in place because it is separate from the EU framework.
  • To ensure continued supply, there will be a time-limited period during which “EC fertiliser” could be placed on the UK market as now.
  • All fertilisers currently marketed in the UK can continue to be imported and marketed in the UK provided they meet government requirements.

 

What you can do to prepare

The article sets out what producers can do to prepare for potential higher costs and supply disruption:

  1. As far as is practically possible, confirm or plan what inputs you may need in the coming months
  2. Speak to your suppliers now to see whether they anticipate any supply disruption or volatility with regards to any of those inputs
  3. Maintain regular contact with all your suppliers
  4. Any livestock producers stockpiling feed must ensure stores meet assurance scheme requirements. Talk through any planned changes to feeding regimes with feed advisers
  5. Use herd/flock health plans and work with prescribers to ensure that herd/flock animal health and welfare needs can be met during the months ahead
  6. You can find out more on AHDB’s EU Exit webpages.
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Alistair Driver

Group editor - Pig World and Agronomist and Arable Farmer. Also National Pig Association webmaster. Former political editor at Farmers Guardian. Enjoys a bit of media punditry. Brought up on a Leicestershire farm. Works from a shed in his Oxfordshire garden. Under-9 football coach and big fan of Leicester City and Leicester Tigers. Occasional cricketer.

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