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September 26, 2021 The UK government will authorize the issuance of 10,500 provisional work visas to respond to labor shortages, an unexpected move from Brexit-related restrictive immigration policies. The three-month permit, which arose from the need to have more truckers to supply key sectors of the British economy, was triggered by the alarm of recent days over the lack of fuel, with long queues at the distributors.
Coldiretti: "3.6 billion of Made in Italy exports at risk"
The effects of Brexit with delivery difficulties endanger 3.6 billion annual value of Made in Italy agri-food exports to Great Britain which in 2021 for the first time in at least a decade are down (-2%). This is the alarm raised by Coldiretti in reference to the overseas supply difficulties for food and petrol that forced Prime Minister Boris Johnson to grant up to 10,500 temporary work visas due to the shortage of manpower in road transport and food. Great Britain - underlines Coldiretti - ranks fourth among the commercial partners of Italy for food and drink after Germany, France and the United States.
After wine, with Prosecco in the lead, in second place among the best-selling Italian agri-food products in Great Britain - continues Coldiretti - tomato derivatives, but the role of pasta, cheeses, cured meats and 'olive oil. Also important is the flow of Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano. In the first half of 2021, Made in Italy agri-food exports to Great Britain fell in sharp contrast - Coldiretti underlines - to the 12% increase in value on the world market according to Coldiretti's analysis of Istat data. To weigh was - specifies Coldiretti - the drop in shipments from Italy of pasta (-27%) tomato sauce (-14%), cheeses (-6%) and wines and sparkling wines (-2%), in a clear contrast to what is happening in the rest of the world.