South West food exports contribute £700m to UK economy

Posted on 13 Jul 2018 by Jonny Williamson

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liz Truss visited Cornwall to herald the thriving food industry in the region and encourage more businesses to export Cornish foods abroad.

Liz Truss visited Cornwall to herald the thriving food industry in the region – image courtesy of Depositphotos. Liz Truss used a visit to several food manufacturers in Cornwall this week (12 and 13 July) to unveil new figures that showed food and agricultural exports in the first quarter of 2018…

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