Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118126

Food: Imports

Tabled: 4 March 2026

Answered: 24 March 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of import-related costs on food prices.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Defra modelling shows consumer food prices are driven by domestic farmgate prices, agricultural and food import prices, exchange rates and manufacturing costs. ONS input producer price inflation rates for domestic and imported food inputs were 2.1% and 1....

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