Thread by @Jim_Cornelius

Gove talking bollocks.

The cheapest honey in this New Zealand online store is three times the price of the cheapest honey from Tesco.

Cheapest honey in TESCO is 29.7p per 100g.

Converted to NZ$ that's NZ$0.57 per 100g.

mysupermarket.co.uk/grocery-catego…

Cheapest honey here in New Zealand is

$1.40/100g.

It's three times the price.

shop.countdown.co.nz/shop/browse/br…

These are the countries we import honey from by quantity (tonnes). As you can see the vast bulk from China.

Most honey consumed in the UK is produced in the UK. The tariff protects UK honey producers from Chinese imports.

This shows the unit value (dollars per tonne) of imports from each country, this is before tariffs applied.

New Zealand honey is considerably more expensive than other sources about 4 times as much as honey from Greece.

Because of the WTO Most Favoured Nation Rule (MFN) members must set the same tariff for each country that they do not have an FTA with or are in a CU with.

Zero tariffs on honey would likely harm UK producers, by aiding imports of cheap Chinese honey, not expensive NZ honey.

Correction:

UK consumption is not made up of mostly UK produced honey. However, the basic point stands and the unit value of imports can be seen here. There's a stark contrast between China and New Zealand.

ec.europa.eu/info/sites/inf…