Bridge Cheese Doubles Hong Kong Sales After Brexit Cut Off 100,000-Ton EU Trade
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Updated · Reuters · Jun 17
Bridge Cheese Doubles Hong Kong Sales After Brexit Cut Off 100,000-Ton EU Trade
2 articles · Updated · Reuters · Jun 17
Summary
Bridge Cheese expects to sell more than double its former 100,000-ton annual Europe volume to Hong Kong this year after four years with no overseas sales.
£500 veterinary checks, customs paperwork and border delays made post-Brexit EU shipments uneconomic, with the same certification cost applying to a 40-foot Asia container as to two EU pallets.
23% of UK food export volumes to the EU disappeared between 2021 and 2025, and about 20,000 small firms had stopped exporting to the bloc by 2024.
4% of GDP could be lost in the long run from Brexit, budget forecasters say, even as a July 22 EU-UK summit seeks a deal to cut veterinary checks from mid-2027.
16.5% growth in Northern Ireland since 2015 has outpaced England's 11.6%, underscoring how continued single-market access has softened Brexit's trade hit.