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Technically we are a net importer; the reality is we are not far off being 100% dependant on imports most of the year. These are rough numbers, and from memory, but the last research I saw (probably 5 years ago now, but I don't imagine the trend has changed even if the absolute numbers have) showed that we import around 6 billion Kgs of fruit / Veg a year, and export 0.5 billion Kgs. Of the imports 30ish % came from the EU. And half of that from Spain. Of the exports half was potatoes grown in the Uk, and 20% re-exporting from the UK fruit imported from outside the UK. There is already a shift to Africa for importing quite a lot of stuff; this will just accelerate if importing from the EU becomes more difficult I imagine. That and our diet will consist of more potato, kale, sweetcorn and cabbage ;)
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