Twelve businesses held market stalls in Downing Street to showcase their finest products including Snowdonia Cheese (a Welsh cheese company), Tayto (a Northern Irish snack company) Loch Fyne Oysters (a Scottish seafood company) and Montezuma’s (an English chocolate company).
Johnson commented: “It’s great to see the best of British food and drink here in Downing Street, especially in the run up to Christmas. We currently export to 207 countries but this Government is supporting British food and drink exporters to sell even more of their brilliant produce abroad.”
Government-led research estimates that exports currently support 6.5 million jobs across the UK. The Government has announced further measures to support the UK’s world-leading agri-food and drink sector, helping them to build back better from the pandemic and thrive in a Global Britain.
The Government will add eight new agri-food and drink attachés in priority markets, as part of a wider plan to boost exports, further unlock barriers to trade and open up new exporting opportunities around the world.
International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said: “We are committed to ensuring that food and drink from all four corners of the UK can be and will continue to be loved across the globe.
“Today’s announcement of new agri-food and drink attachés in key markets will help to further unlock barriers to trade. They are one of the many ways we are helping to open up new exporting opportunities around the world and are part of our plans for a truly Global Britain.”