From this tweet from the @BBCPolitics account on Twitter:
Dairy farmers won’t be affected by a possible 35% tariff if there is no trade deal with the EU because "we would be applying our own tariffs on imported EU goods," says Environment Secretary George Eustice
Here's the text of the clip:
Marr 0m00s: Dairy farmers would face, if we don't have a deal with the EU, a 35% tariff. What's your estimate of the effect of that on dairy farmers across Britain.
Eustace 0m09s: We don't think there'll be an effect on dairy farmers for the simple...
Marr 0m12s: No effect of a 35% tariff?
Eustace 0m13s: No, because we'll be applying tariffs as well on imported EU goods, and we import a lot of dairy products currently, predominantly from Denmark, some from Ireland as well and some from France. What would happen in a non-
Marr 0m27s: We'd stop buying theirs and they'd stop buying ours.
Eustace 0m30s: Yes, in a non-negotiated outcome, what would happen is companies like Arla, which is a big Danish company and sells brands like Lurpak in the UK that are manufactured in Denmark, they would have to relocate that production to the UK.
Marr 0m44s: Nick Whelan, who's Chief Executive of Dale Farm, which you'll know are a very, very large dairy producer, says that tariffs on their own will wipe out total profitability in the industry.
Eustace 0m55s: I don't accept that. We've done some work on tariffs and the impact of...
Marr: 0m59s: He's the guy in charge of the farms.
Eustace 1m02s: Well I don't know whether he's talking about his production outside of the UK or not. The reality is that if you look at agricultural sectors, there is one sector in particular that would be affected, and that's the sheep sector, because we are a significant net exporter of lamb, and so we...
Marr 1m18s: 48% the highest tariff.
Eustace 1m21s: That's right so it does affect sheep. But on every other sector, we are basically a net importer. Barley is the only other one where we're a net exporter. And on those sectors where we're a net importer, is obviously open to us to apply tariffs, and we will on some of those imported goods to ensure that we make space in our market for British produced...
