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No-deal Brexit tariffs could push up the price of a bag of chips in the local takeaway.
A WTO tariff rate of 11.5% would apply to all fresh potato imports from the UK.
Last year, Ireland imported over 41,000t of fresh and chilled potatoes from Britain and 9,000t from Northern Ireland, mainly for chipping.
That’s the equivalent of 100m bags of chips.
The potatoes would require phytosanitary certificates from the UK plant health authorities, leading to delays and higher costs. This could leave the chipping market and takeaway fans exposed to price increases.
Just 7,000t of Irish chipping potatoes were grown in 2018.
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