Red Sea attacks set to drive up price of wine, meat and fish in UK supermarkets

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Britain imports around 30 per cent of its food from the EU and just under 20 per cent from the rest of the world.
54% : In 2020, 54 per cent of domestic consumption came from UK production (based on unprocessed value at farmgate), 28 per cent came from the EU and the remaining 18 per cent from the rest of the world.
45% : "He believes this will cause inflation for certain items - food and clothes that are made outside the EU in particular - due to deliveries being delayed by ships having to travel around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Suez.
34% : A spokesperson for the BRC pointed out that food products that originate in the EU will remain unaffected, however items that are imported further afield may see supply issues.

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