Green Thumbs-Up from British Growers and Traders for UK-EU Plant Deal

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EU Relations Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds met with traders at New Covent Garden Market in London—the UK’s largest wholesale market for fruit, vegetables, flowers and plants—to talk about the issues they have faced getting their produce in and out of the country since 2020.

Home to over 137 businesses generating a combined annual turnover of £944 million and supporting over 2,500 jobs, the historic 37-acre market site in Nine Elms supplies up to 40% of all fresh produce consumed outside the home in London and supplies 75% of all London florists.

Following the inaugural UK-EU Summit in May, Britain’s florists, greengrocers, plant traders and garden centres are now set to benefit from a food and plant deal with the EU, which will remove barriers to trading flowers, fruit, and vegetables. It will add more than £5 billion a year to the UK economy and increase UK agricultural exports by around 16%.

You can access the press release here: https://www.gov.uk/government/...