Timber: Imports
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the UK’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary regime on the cost and availability of imported timber products.
Answered by Mary Creagh
This Government is currently negotiating a Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement to make agrifood trade, including wood and wood products, with the biggest market cheaper and easier, cutting costs and regulatory barriers for British producers and retailers. For timber products in scope, this will reduce friction at the border and support smoother trade.
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