Irish eyes on UK beef market share

It could be late 2022 before the Australia/UK Trade Deal is approved 

Ireland is now set to compete for UK beef market share after a free trade deal was established between Australia and the UK.  File Picture. 

Australia will become a new competitor for Ireland in the 270,000 tonnes of beef per year UK import market, following the UK recently agreeing to a Free Trade Agreement with Australia.

However, it will be late 2022, at the earliest, before the trade deal is likely to be approved by the UK’s parliament.