The Irish dairy industry – processors, marketeers and farmers – will have to share the cost of tariffs imposed on Irish cheddar in the UK if high tariffs materialise.
This was the clear message from Ornua Chief Executive John Jordan speaking on RTE Radio 1’s Countrywide on Saturday.
Jordan said: “If tariffs come in it will make Irish cheddar less competitive to the tune of €55 million and this will have to be recovered from the market.”
Cost
When pushed if ultimately dairy farmers will have to carry this cost he said, “all parts of the chain will have to do what they can to mitigate the cost. The upside of this debacle is that it means we (Ornua) have got very close to some of our customers and to be fair some are very supportive of Irish product as they are in a deficit market.”
The Ornua boss also described how since the vote they have been looking at all measures to mitigate potential losses, including fixed milk price contracts with processors and stockpiling product in the UK.
He said: “Yes, product that maybe normally would be stored in Ireland is now stored in the UK so that we have a lot of product ready in the event of a policy change.”
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The Irish dairy industry – processors, marketeers and farmers – will have to share the cost of tariffs imposed on Irish cheddar in the UK if high tariffs materialise.
This was the clear message from Ornua Chief Executive John Jordan speaking on RTE Radio 1’s Countrywide on Saturday.
Jordan said: “If tariffs come in it will make Irish cheddar less competitive to the tune of €55 million and this will have to be recovered from the market.”
Cost
When pushed if ultimately dairy farmers will have to carry this cost he said, “all parts of the chain will have to do what they can to mitigate the cost. The upside of this debacle is that it means we (Ornua) have got very close to some of our customers and to be fair some are very supportive of Irish product as they are in a deficit market.”
The Ornua boss also described how since the vote they have been looking at all measures to mitigate potential losses, including fixed milk price contracts with processors and stockpiling product in the UK.
He said: “Yes, product that maybe normally would be stored in Ireland is now stored in the UK so that we have a lot of product ready in the event of a policy change.”
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