Beef and Pork Trade with UK
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson. Jay Theiler (Tyler) is the Chair-Elect for the U.S. Meat Export Federation and recently traveled to the United Kingdom on a trade mission with Idaho Governor Brad Little.
The group met with farmers, importers, and trade officials to discuss the trade agreement framework recently announced by President Trump …
THEILER … British market.”
Theiler notes there is strong potential for both U.S. beef and pork in the UK, but lingering non-tariff barriers to U.S. products must be addressed to provide full access …
THEILER … things out.”
In June, the UK opened a duty-free tariff rate quota for U.S. beef, with a 2025 volume of about 8,500 metric tons.
The country is currently a large pork importer, buying around $2.7 billion in 2024, nearly all of it European Union pork.
They’ve been aligned with EU for so long and they’re so dependent on import and export with the EU that we’re not exactly sure what exactly those requirements are going to be.
