First tariff-free UK beef shipment hits US

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The shipment follows the signing of the UK/US Economic Prosperity Deal last May, which gives both countries a reciprocal 13,000-tonne tariff-free quota for beef

The first tariff-free shipment of UK beef has arrived in the US in a move Defra said could be a “major growth opportunity for British farmers”, worth up to £70m a year.

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