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Representatives from the UK and EU horticulture and floriculture sectors are calling for rapid progress on a comprehensive Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement following recent political momentum between the two blocs.
On 23 and 24 June, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and Union Fleurs are attending joint meetings of their respective Domestic Advisory Groups (DAG) and the Civil Society Forum (CSF) at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London. These platforms provide guidance on the implications and opportunities of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), with a particular focus on the plant and flower trade.
At the latest DAG and CSF meetings in London, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and Union Fleurs reinforced the urgent need to remove post-Brexit trade barriers.
The meetings come just weeks after the EU-UK Leaders’ Summit, where both sides committed to negotiating a new SPS agreement. Such an agreement would reduce or remove trade barriers currently affecting the movement of plants, flowers, bulbs, seeds, and trees between the UK, Northern Ireland, and the EU. The breakthrough follows coordinated advocacy from the HTA, Union Fleurs, Royal Anthos, the Dutch VGB, and the European Nurserystock Association (ENA).
While detailed negotiations are still ahead, the commitment has been welcomed by industry groups as a step toward easing delays, reducing costs, and restoring smoother cross-border trade in time-sensitive, perishable goods.
Jennifer Pheasey, Director of Public Affairs at the HTA, and Sylvie Mamias, Secretary General of Union Fleurs.
Jennifer Pheasey, Director of Public Affairs at the HTA, said: “The DAG is a valuable forum in which we can continue to raise the profile of the impact of the current SPS arrangement of the EU-UK TCA on horticultural trade. The common understanding of a new SPS arrangement is hugely positive and cannot come soon enough. As we outlined at the DAG meeting, we call on both sides to negotiate the final details swiftly and offer our continued support to ensure that the needs of UK horticulture are understood and met. The HTA welcomes the close and continued partnership with our sister associations, and we look forward to being able to work even more closely to maximise the opportunities on the horizon for UK and EU horticulture and floriculture.”
Sylvie Mamias, Secretary General of Union Fleurs, added: “Together with the HTA, European associations of the sector and national member organisations, Union Fleurs has deployed intensive efforts over the years to bring the attention of EU and UK policymakers to the cross-border challenges and trade frictions impeding the movement of high perishables and sensitive flowers and plants between the EU and the UK since 2021. The common understanding regarding an SPS Agreement, announced last month at the high-level EU-UK Summit, promises to help streamline trade flows. We will continue to advocate and offer our support and sector-specific knowledge at every stakeholder platform, such as the DAG and CSF, to ensure that policymakers swiftly deliver on these commitments and that floriculture and horticulture businesses on both sides can benefit as early as possible from a concrete and operational EU-UK SPS agreement.”
