The BFFF have recently been contacted by The Andersons Centre (Andersons), a UK-based agricultural consultancy. Andersons have led numerous projects in the trade sphere including a recently published Defra report on the cost impacts of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on GB exports to the EU (please click here for more detail).

They have recently been commissioned to conduct an independent study on the potential for expanding market access for Ukrainian agricultural products into the UK. This work is being undertaken for a Ukraine-based organisation and will assess potential short- and long-term opportunities for strengthening UK-Ukraine agri-food trade.

They would greatly appreciate a discussion with our members on the following points:

• Possibilities for extending the UK’s tariff-free trade with Ukraine beyond March 2026 for sensitive agri-food products.
• Lessons from comparable UK and EU trade agreements (e.g. Autonomous Trade Measures) in proposing such an extension.
• Opportunities to develop a “Marshall Plan” for Ukraine to fund reconstruction and economic recovery
• Options for a long-term UK-Ukraine food security partnership
• The potential for Ukrainian investment in UK-based processing and export hubs.

The conversation will last approximately (45 minutes) and will follow the points outlined above. If there are areas that you are not able to cover, those can be skipped over.

It is planned to undertake conversations via a video call (e.g. using MS Teams or Zoom) or via telephone (at a mutually convenient time and date) in the coming weeks but before 13^th October.

If you are interested and wish to schedule a call, please contact Michael Haverty at mhaverty@theandersonscentre.co.uk

Any information or opinions provided will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and will not be sourced individually to you or to your organisation. Any information collected will only be used for the purposes of this study.