The market was currently worth an annual £90m to the UK.China, the largest consumer of potatoes in the world, has a developing taste for chips and crisps which now will be ‘fuelled by British produce’.
It was signed by International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox during a visit to China where he also announced a deal to allow the export of UK dairy products made with milk from third countries. “The rapidly-growing Chinese market offers huge potential for UK farmers. According to research by Barclays, around 60 per cent of people in China would actually pay more for a product, just because they knew it was British.
“With China expected to have 220 cities with a population of more than a million by 2030 that is a huge market that UK potato farmers will now be able to make the most of.”
Source: fginsight.com
