FDF reaction to ‘everyday fixes’ announcement. Food and Drink Federation (FDF) responded to the Treasury announcement about the removal of tariffs on some food products (‘everyday fixes’).
Balwinder Dhoot, Director of Sustainability and Growth, The Food and Drink Federation (FDF), said:
“Food manufacturers are committed to keeping costs as low as they can for consumers and removing tariffs from key ingredients can help with this. However, we are concerned about removing tariffs on finished food and drink products that are manufactured here in the UK. Doing this would have a limited impact on prices, while hitting British businesses and jobs.
“It’s more expensive to make food and drink here in the UK than in many of our close neighbours, as businesses face such high energy costs. If government wants to help UK shoppers and protect jobs, they would be better off looking at bringing down these costs, for example by extending existing energy relief to include food and drink manufacturing.”
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