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Montevideo, June 1st 2025 - 18:11 UTC

Tag: falklands exports

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 13:48 UTC

    EU tariffs on Falklands exports, “we are in ongoing discussions”, says FCDO

    Foreign Secretary David Lammy was questioned at the Foreign Affairs Select Committee on Falklands foreign trade

    A specific question in UK Parliament on the Falkland Islands Government urgent call to the UK Government for the use of the current UK/EU reset agreement as an opportunity to remove the detrimental post-Brexit tariffs on Falklands exports, received from Foreign Secretary David Lammy a brief reply of “ongoing discussions”.

  • Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

    Problems and challenges Brexit brought for the Falklands' economy still pending

    Since the end of the transition period in January 2021 Falklands’ exports to the EU have been subject to tariffs, 42% for meat and 6% to 18% for fisheries

    Brexit has “brought problems” for the Falkland Islands’ fishing industry, a Labour former defense minister has warned. Derek Twigg, chairman of the Falkland Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), said there had “been a lot of concern” over the impact of the UK’s exit from the EU on Falkland Islands fishing exports, such as squid.