EU urged to ‘apologise’ as Dutch exports to UK soar by 24% – Brexit scaremongering crushed
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A new report published by the Central Bureau door de Statistiek (CBS), the Dutch Government agency of statistics, revealed exports of Dutch-made goods to the UK were 24 percent higher in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year.
In a boost to Brexit Britain’s success, the report also noted that since re-exports to the United Kingdom fell by 26 percent, total exports to the UK had remained unchanged.
The report read: “Exports of Dutch-made goods to the UK were 24 percent higher in the first quarter of 2021 than in the same quarter last year.
“At the same time, re-exports to the United Kingdom fell by 26 percent.
“As a result, total exports to the United Kingdom remained virtually unchanged.
“Total goods exports grew by 5 percent in the first quarter of 2021.
“This is evident from provisional figures from Statistics Netherlands on the trade in international goods.”
The bullish findings sparked more calls for the Netherlands to follow the UK outside the bloc.
Nexit thinktank campaigners also called on the EU to apologise to Brexiteers for the pre-Brexit scaremongering tactics.
They wrote: “Exports with the UK have grown by 24 percent compared to last year.
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“The fear-mongers of the past 5 years should apologise and acknowledge that they were wrong about the importance of the EU.
“We don’t need the EU for trade.
“Nexit!”
The CBS report showed that the majority of Dutch products entering the UK were to do with oil and gas exports.
It read: “Exporters of Dutch products to the United Kingdom mainly sold more oil and gas in the first quarter of 2021, with a growth of 235 million euros.
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“The export of flowers and plants grew by 179 million euros. In addition, exports of medical devices and other medical supplies gained momentum in the first three months of this year.
“Conversely, exports of passenger cars manufactured in the Netherlands to the United Kingdom in particular lagged significantly behind the first quarter of 2020.”
The news comes as Britain continues to negotiate new trade deals across the world as an independent nation.
Downing Street said Boris Johnson wants to “maximise” the benefits of trade deals as he intervened in the Cabinet row over a planned agreement with Australia.
The Prime Minister chaired a meeting of senior colleagues as negotiations with Australia about the terms of a deal continued.
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Environment Secretary George Eustice are thought to be at odds over the proposals and the impact they might have on British farmers.
Ms Truss, who has said she wants an agreement in principle by early June, is thought to favour a zero tariff, zero quota approach in order to boost the flow of trade.
But such a move could leave British farmers vulnerable to competition from beef and lamb producers in Australia and Mr Eustice has suggested that quotas could be used to protect them.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “There are a regular series of meetings on not just this trade deal but the deals we have been working on throughout.
“The Prime Minister met with the ministers involved, like Liz Truss obviously, as part of the regular process.”
Mr Johnson “wants to maximise the massive opportunities presented by post-Brexit trade deals”, the spokesman said.
Downing Street insisted farmers would be protected in any deal with Australia.
“Any agreement would include protections for our agriculture industry and won’t undercut UK farmers,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said.
“We want a deal that is good for the British public and any agreement would have protection for the agriculture industry.”
But the spokesman refused to be drawn on what the measures to protect farmers would be, insisting he would not comment on the ongoing negotiations.
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