JAPANESE SOY SAUCE - A PRIMER
Here I will set out all you need to know about Japanese Soy Sauce imports and Brexit.
Let's start with a doozy.
1) It's "soy sauce", not "soya sauce".
Here I will set out all you need to know about Japanese Soy Sauce imports and Brexit.
Let's start with a doozy.
1) It's "soy sauce", not "soya sauce".
https://twitter.com/tradegovuk/status/1321187022883663873
2) Your main imported Jananese soy sauce is the excellent Kikkoman brand.
3) Soy sauce from Japan under EU import rules carries a 0% tariff. So it would not be cheaper under the UK trade deal.
3) Soy sauce from Japan under EU import rules carries a 0% tariff. So it would not be cheaper under the UK trade deal.
4) You Kikkoman Soy Sauce comes from... the Netherlands. For those not paying attention, that's in the EU.
5) This is the factory.
5) This is the factory.
6) There is no way that anybody at @tradegovuk could have know it comes from the Netherlands... y'know... unless they'd looked at their website.
7) Part of the process happens in Germany.
7) Part of the process happens in Germany.
8) Without an EU trade deal, soy sauce from the EU will attract a tariff of 6%.
9) Even if you could import it in the volumes needed direct from Japan, the 6000 mile trip would increase prices.
10) @tradegovuk is either incompetent or lying.
9) Even if you could import it in the volumes needed direct from Japan, the 6000 mile trip would increase prices.
10) @tradegovuk is either incompetent or lying.
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For what it's worth, I prefer a Tamari Soy Sauce. It's gluten-free (I'm not!) and it has a much subtler, more rounded flavour. Less harsh. It is a bit more expensive but worth it.
For what it's worth, I prefer a Tamari Soy Sauce. It's gluten-free (I'm not!) and it has a much subtler, more rounded flavour. Less harsh. It is a bit more expensive but worth it.
ADDENDUM
@TradeGovUk's new position is that 'soya' sauce would be more expensive if the UK was trading on WTO terms and not the Japan-UK trade deal.
This is akin to celebrating a bullet in only one kneecap and not 2 - despite shooting your own kneecap.
@TradeGovUk's new position is that 'soya' sauce would be more expensive if the UK was trading on WTO terms and not the Japan-UK trade deal.
This is akin to celebrating a bullet in only one kneecap and not 2 - despite shooting your own kneecap.
https://twitter.com/tradegovuk/status/1321383581101469696
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