Tariff cuts ‘will damage sheep meet sector’
Sheep Committee chairman Laurence Fallon, speaking after meeting with senior European Commission officials in Brussels, said import tariff cuts from 45% to 50% would result in a flood of cheap unregulated lamb from New Zealand, Australia and South America onto the EU market.
He said sheep meat prices in all the main producing countries including Britain, France, Spain and Ireland are down. Production is also falling in these countries.
He said there was “no logic” in increasing imports.
