Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 61103

Beef: USA

Tabled: 18 June 2025

Answered: 25 June 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Economic Prosperity Deal on the UK’s domestic beef sector and associated supply chains.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander

As part of the US deal, we have agreed new reciprocal market access on beef – with UK farmers given a guaranteed quota for 13,000 metric tonnes of beef exports at a very low tariff rate (for example, 4.4 cents per kg on many products). For the first time ...

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