While the UK is fixated on the country's Brexit-induced parliamentary meltdown, the political uncertainty is causing real harm to British shellfish exporters.
WEST MERSEA, England — When Rome colonized Britain in 43 A.D., it found its inhabitants uncouth and backward, but they did have one thing going for them, according to the Roman historian Sallust:"Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all. They had produced an oyster."Brexit
“It’s all been a bit of a nightmare,” said Tom Haward of Richard Haward’s Oysters, based in West Mersea near the ancient Roman town of Colchester in southeast England.Sporting a deep tan and a large bushy black beard, Haward, 38, is the eighth generation of his family to harvest oysters. The majority of British businesses are small and medium-sized enterprises, which the country’s Federation of Small Businesses says need urgent government support to deal with “a worrying lack of preparedness for a no-deal Brexit.”Shellfish exporters could develop markets outside Europe but striking new deals is difficult while Britain’s E.U. status remains unclear, Haward said.
The U.K. voted to leave the E.U. in 2016, but political wrangling since has cast doubt on how and when it will depart. In the absence of exports, Haward has reoriented his 300-year-old family business toward the domestic market, but the competition is fierce and the demand fragile.
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