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Workshop on ‘Implications of ‘Brexit’ for the EU agri-food sector and the

CAP’

EU – UK agricultural trade: State of play and possible impacts

of Brexit

Cecilia BELLORA, Jean FOURÉCo-authors: Charlotte EMLINGER, Houssein GUIMBARD

CEPII

9/11/2017 Presentation for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 1

Structure of the Presentation

1. State of play: current EU27 – UK agri-

food trade

2. Impact of a WTO scenario on EU27

Agri-food sectors

3. Key-findings and recommendations


State of play – General picture

Dissimetry: Relative market sizes Trade relationship: the UK is the 2°

export destination of the EU27, far behind the EU itself (intra EU27 : USD 2,789 bn / UK : USD 353 bn)

... But, important trade relation for some sectors, in some countries

Agri-food: Small share of total bilateral EU27 -

UK trade flows: 11% Larger relative UK’s share in EU27

exports: 9% (vs 7% for manufacture)

Positive trade balance for the EU27


CountryGDP

(USD bn)

GDP per

capita (USD)

Pop.

(mn pers.)

UK 2,619 39,899 65.6

EU27 13,779 30,905 445.9

Germany 3,467 41,936 82.7

France 2,465 36,855 66.9

Italy 1,850 30,527 60.6

Spain 1,232 26,528 46.4

Netherlands 771 45,295 17

Trade flows

Value

(USD million)

% of EU

trade

EU27 exports

Non Agric. Goods 305,864 6.67

Agric. Goods 47,306 8.81

Total 353,170 6.90

EU27 imports

Non Agric. Goods 196,122 4.35

Agric. Goods 17,954 3.79

Total 214,076 4.29

Sources: World Development Indicators, World Bank (2016) and BACI (2013 – 2015)

Main exported agri-food sectors (2013 – 2015)


SECTORGTAP

Code

TRADE

MAIN

EXPORTERTRADE

VALUE

(USD mn)

% of EU

TRADE

Food products nec ofd 16,917 9.76 Germany

Beverages and tobacco products b_t 7,186 9.18 France

Meat products nec omt 5,849 12.92 Netherlands

Vegetables fruit nuts v_f 5,147 11.03 Spain

Dairy products mil 4,095 7.59 Ireland

Crops nec ocr 1,933 8.41 Netherlands

Vegetable oils and fats vol 1,688 5.85 Netherlands

Bovine meat products cmt 1,520 8.64 Ireland

Food products (Animal feed preparations, Communion wafers...), Meat and milk related products, Beverages and tobacco (grape wines, non alcoholic beverages, undenatured alcohol)

Source: BACI (2013 – 2015), Authors’ calculations

Main exporters – Agriculture (2013 – 2015)


COUNTRY

TRADE

TRADE

VALUE

(USD mn)

% of EU

TRADE

% of total

agri.

exports

of the

country

Netherlands 9,519 20.12 1.89

France 6,971 14.74 1.23

Ireland 6,903 14.59 4.58

Germany 5,860 12.39 0.43

Spain 4,051 8.56 1.35

Italy 3,807 8.05 0.77

Belgium 3,602 7.62 0.95

Denmark 1,843 3.90 1.85

Poland 1,801 3.81 0.89

Portugal 437 0.92 0.69


Protection faced by EU27 exports – WTO scenario


Sources: MAcMap-HS6 and Kee et al. (2009)

Potential impacts – A simple indicator


SECTOR (GTAP)GTAP

code

TRADE PROTECTION

TRADE

VALUE

(USD mn)

% of

EU

TRADE

NTMs

(%, pre

Brexit)

MFN

(%)

NTMs

(%,

post

Brexit)

PROT.

REV.

(USD

mn)

Food products nec ofd 16,917 9.76 35.32 13.64 61.87 12,773

Dairy products mil 4,095 7.59 42.32 41.05 74.14 4,717

Meat products nec omt 5,849 12.92 24.61 22 43.1 3,808

Beverages and tobacco products b_t 7,186 9.18 14.28 13.24 25.02 2,749

Vegetables fruit nuts v_f 5,147 11.03 18.13 11.81 31.76 2,243

Bovine meat products cmt 1,520 8.64 24.09 55.76 42.2 1,489

Vegetable oils and fats vol 1,688 5.85 21.68 15.23 37.98 898

Crops nec ocr 1,933 8.41 16.58 6 29.05 678

A simple indicator for trade impacts: trade flows (exports) weighted by faced protection

Countries potentially most impacted: Netherlands, Ireland(i.e. main exporters of most impacted sectors)

Sources: BACI (2013 – 2015), MAcMap-HS6 and Kee et al. (2009), Authors’ calculations

2. Impact of a WTO scenario on the Agri-food sectors

Model: We use the MIRAGE model to propose a quantification of a WTO scenario This model uses the GTAP 9.2 database, and the same protection data as in

part 1. 19 agri-food sectors (+ 14 manufacturing and 8 services) UK, 11 countries or groups in the EU27, and the rest is aggregated on a

geographical basis

Business as Usual (BAU): Intra-EU preferential access remain constant (calibrated from Berden et al.,

2009) Tariffs are updated in 2013 (MAcMap data)

WTO Scenario: Tariff rates between the UK and EU (and UK-Turkey) are set to MFN values Trade restrictiveness of NTMs increases (UK loses 2/3 of its preferential

access to the EU27, and reciprocally)9/11/2017 Presentation for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 8

EU27 agri-food exports: most impacted sectors


Large reduction in trade (-62% on average) Largest reduction in Other food (processed

food n.e.c) Near complete collapse in trade for White

meat, dairy, red meat

Source: Authors’ calculations using MIRAGE-e

EU27 agri-food exports: most impacted regions


In volume, Most affected countries are the Netherlands, Ireland and

France Least affected are Portugal and Sweden

In relative terms, however Ireland, Rest of EU27 and Poland are the most impacted Sweden, France and Spain are less affected


Agri-food value-added: driving forces


Trade lossespartiallycompensated by Exports to otherEU27 countries Domestic demand

Exceptions: Ireland and the Netherlands Dependancy on UK intermediatespreventscompetitivity gains


Value-added: most impacted agri-food sectors


Value-added decreasesin almost every country and sector, especially in the processed foodsector

Brexit could represent an opportunity for a few sectors in few countries: Red meat and cattle

in France Wheat in Spain


Value-added: most impacted countries


Ireland is the most impactedcountry

Belgium-Luxembourg and the Netherlands agri-food VA decrease significantly

Otherwise, impacts remainsmall in relative terms

The UK experiences an increase in agri-food VA


Consumer and producer prices variation (%), 2030CONSUMPTION PRODUCTION

REGION AGRI-FOOD TOTAL AGRI-FOOD TOTAL

Ireland + 5.4 -0.4 + 2.0 -0.4

Sweden + 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.3

France + 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3

Portugal + 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2

Belgium and Luxembourg + 0.0 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5

Netherlands + 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5

Spain + 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3

Rest of EU27 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2

Germany -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2

Italy -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2

Poland -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3

UK + 4.0 -0.9 + 0.2 -1.6


Production prices: two opposite effects More expansive intermediates (+) Market effect / decrease in demand (-)

Consumption prices: two opposite effects Tariffs, NTMs (+) Market effect / decrease in demand (-)


Key findings – WTO scenario

A return to WTO rules would imply significantly less agri-food trade between the EU27 and the UK in both directions (around -62%). Some EU exports almost completely collapse, like those of Rice, White

meat, Sugar, Dairy and Red meat (more than -90%). Ireland, the Netherlands and France loose the most in terms of bilateral

trade.

Brexit also implies more room for EU27 products on their domestic markets and other EU27 markets – replacing UK products. This effect fails to compensate the incurred losses in value-added. Exception: a few sectors, such as Red meat and Cattle in France, or

Sugar and Wheat in Spain, in which value-added increases.

Brexit could be an opportunity for the UK’s agri-food sectors as a whole.

Excepted in Ireland, consumers are hardly affected by changes in overall consumption prices or economic activity.


Additional material


List of regions EU27

Belgium and Luxembourg, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Rest of EU27

UK Rest of the world

Middle East, North Africa, SACU, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey ASEAN, China and Hong-Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Rest of

Asia Canada, Mexico, USA Australia and New Zealand, Rest of Oceania CIS countries, EFTA, Russia Brazil, Rest of MERCOSUR, Rest of Latin America Rest of the World


List of sectors Agri-food

Animal products, Beverages and Tobacco, Cattle, Cereals, Dairy, Fiber crops, Fishing, Forestry, Oil seeds, Other crops, Other food, Red meat, Rice, Sugar, Vegetable oils and fats, Vegetables and fruits, Wheat, White meat, Wool

Industry Chemistry, Electronic, Energy, Ferrous Metals, Machinery,

Metal products, Metals n.e.c., Minerals, Paper, Textile, Transport equipment n.e.c., Vehicles and parts, Wood, Other Manufacturing

Services Business Services, Communication, Finance, Insurance, Other

services, Trade, Transport


Main imported agri-food sectors (2013 – 2015)


SECTOR

TRADE

MAIN

EXPORTERTRADE

VALUE

(USD mn)

% of EU

TRADE

Food products nec 6,806 4.37 Ireland

Beverages and tobacco products 4,176 8.86 France

Dairy products 1,564 4.08 Ireland

Meat products nec 1,234 3.63 Ireland

Bovine meat products 1,165 6.86 France

Fishing 848 7.53 France

Vegetables fruit nuts 600 1.09 Ireland

Animal products nec 503 3.00 Netherlands


Food products (Animal feed preparations, Cereal foods), Meat and milk related products, Beverages and tobacco (tobacco, undenatured alcohol, non alcoholic beverages)

Main importers – Agriculture (2013 – 2015)



COUNTRY

TRADE

TRADE

VALUE

(USD mn)

% of EU

TRADE

% of total

agri.

exports

of the

country

Ireland 4,796 26.71 15.45

France 2,578 14.36 8.30

Netherlands 2,462 13.72 7.93

Germany 1,878 10.46 6.05

Spain 1,236 6.89 3.98

Belgium 1,086 6.05 3.50

Italy 745 4.15 2.40

Sweden 519 2.89 1.67

Poland 478 2.66 1.54

Denmark 470 2.62 1.51

Protection faced by UK exports – WTO scenario


Sources: MAcMap-HS6 and Kee et al. (2009)

Potential impacts - A simple indicator


A simple indicator for trade impacts: trade flows (imports) weighted by faced protection

Countries potentially most impacted: France, Ireland(i.e. main importers of most impacted sectors)

Sources: BACI (2013 – 2015), MAcMap-HS6 and Kee et al. (2009), Authors’ calculations

SECTOR

TRADE PROTECTION

TRADE

VALUE

% of EU

TRADE

NTMs

(%, pre

Brexit)

MFN

(%)

NTMs

(%, post

Brexit)

PROT.

REV.

Food products nec 6,806 4.37 34.73 11.8 60.84 4,944

Dairy products 1,564 4.08 47.78 42.53 83.7 1,974

Bovine meat products 1,165 6.86 26.41 50.54 46.27 1,127

Meat products nec 1,234 3.63 32.94 21.09 57.7 972

Beverages and tobacco 4,176 8.86 9.2 4.22 16.12 849

Sugar 303 4.69 28.88 66.88 50.58 355

Vegetable oils and fats 487 1.18 27.89 7.8 48.86 276

Vegetables fruit nuts 600 1.09 16.48 8.44 28.88 224

Variation in agri-food imports from the UK, by sector, 2030


Since trade barriers are comparable for UK and EU, same interpretation as EU exports to the UK isvalid.


Gross Domestic Product - Variation in 2030 (scenario vs BAU)


At the macroeconomic level, the WTO scenario is likelyto have moderate impacts in the long run (-0.3% of GDP for EU27)

Only Ireland can be significantly concerned


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