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Publication - Research and analysis

Agricultural food and drink sector - impact of future UK Free Trade Agreement scenarios: research

Published
20 July 2023
From
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, +3 more … Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy, Director of Environment and Forestry, Director of International Trade and Investment
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate, +2 more … Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate, International Trade and Investment Directorate
Part of
Brexit, Business, industry and innovation, Farming and rural, +1 more … International
ISBN
9781805259367

This research assesses the impacts of future Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between the UK and four selected non-EU trading partners on key Scottish agricultural sectors. The work combines trade-model and farm-level analysis, supplemented by industry interviews and desk-based research.

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Footnotes

i. Bilateral trade between two countries is proportional to size, measured by GDP, and inversely proportional to the geographic distance between them (i.e. the shorter the geographic distance, the greater the trade). See: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w19285/w19285.pdf

2. It is important to note here that unlike gross value added, which is expected to decline in longer-term as a reflection of increased costs of production factors and their employment in other sectors of the economy, total volume of agricultural production is expected to increase due to productivity improvement and use of other inputs.

Contact

Email: frederick.foxton@gov.scot

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