1. Red Meats Prospects Conference ‘Progress Through Partnership’

2. Progress through Partnership Developing access to emerging markets Andrew J Taylor BA VetMB MRCVS Veterinary Director Export Certification Ltd

3. Importance of Livestock Exports Britain used to be the Stockyard of the World British agriculture is a world leader in scientific innovation The export of livestock and livestock products from the UK: – Increases income – Improves competitiveness and sustainability – Delivers significant environmental benefits

4. UK Export Certification Partnership (UKECP) Animal disease outbreaks (eg FMD, CSF, BSE) lead to problems in maintaining availability of export health certification for livestock and livestock products. The huge amount of work needed to recover export markets post-FMD 2001 led to an enhanced relationship between Defra and leading livestock export industry representatives.

5. UKECP The Background Export Certification User Group established 2002 Increasingly good progress prior to 3 August 2007 Post-FMD Export Recovery Programme in 2007-8 was particularly successful ECUG looked at how this could be enhanced and taken forward Support from Ministers Launch of the 3-year UKECP pilot project on 28 October 2008

6. UKECP The functions 1.Outward Missions 2.Certification 3.Liaison with UK industry

7. UKECP What it covers Farmed livestock (cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, camelids) Their germplasm (semen and embryos) Their fresh meat (but generally not meat preparations or meat products)

8. UKECP Who Defra Export Certification Ltd Other UKECP partners – Scottish Govt., Welsh Govt., DARD, AHVLA, IMTA, NIMEA, etc

9. Export Certification Ltd Directors: – Marcus Bates – pig sector – Peter Hardwick – meat sector – Henry Lewis – small ruminant sector – Andrew Taylor – Veterinary Director & cattle sector Company Secretary and Administrator: – Geraldine Middleton Project Manager: – Martin Williams

10. UKECP The money To be jointly funded by Defra and Industry Total original budget £400K over the 3 year pilot period, Oct 2008 to Oct 2011: – £200K from Defra for overseas missions – £200K from industry to fund ECL’s work

11. UKECP Money from Defra £200K budget from Defra Actual contributions: – Half year to March 2009£30K – 2009-10£65K – 2010-11£65K – 2011-12£65K – 2012-13£65K Total£290K

12. UKECP Money from industry £200K budget from industry Actual contributions: – Half year to March 2009£36K – 2009-10£67K – 2010-11£97K – 2011-12£136K – 2012-13£135K Total£472K

13. UKECP Money from industry £472K from industry – Levy Boards (BPEX, EBLEX, QMS, HCC, LMC) – Breed societies – Breeding companies – Individual breeders and exporters Total of 57 contributors BUT now have increasing Contributor Fatigue

14. UKECP What ECL does (1) Representing UK interests in EU and TC’s Visiting TC’s to negotiate EHC’s Arranging/leading/involvement in inward missions Liaising with UK industry on priorities Dealing with exporter queries Contributing technical advice to UKECP

15. UKECP What ECL does (2) Obtaining and reviewing import conditions Completing TC risk assessment questionnaires Amending existing certificates Drafting new certificates Preparation of “generic” certificates

16. UKECP What ECL does (3) Consulting with UK industry partners to ensure certificates acceptable Drafting CVO letters Negotiating certificates with importing country by email/letter/phone Preparing Notes for Guidance

17. UKECP Successes 244 Export Health Certificates (EHC’s) agreed to date: Breeding pigs24 Porcine semen18 Bovine semen30 Bovine embryos & live cattle6 Sheep, goats & alpacas16 Sheep & goat embryos and semen14 Beef46 Pork44 Lamb46

18. What else could ECL do? Provide UKECP/ECUG secretariat Arrange translations Process certificates Liaise with RCVS certification sub-committee Provide QA function for draft certificates, questionnaires etc

19. Beef – the big challenge Outright bans from most non-EU countries post BSE (1996) Lifting of EU restrictions in 2006 did not lead to similar moves in Third Countries Required a special focus to take this forward 46 new markets opened since inception of UKECP Some bovine 5th quarter represented a disposal cost pre- 2006 Access to new markets increases value. An increase of £50 per animal = £125 million per annum

20. The future of the partnership There are plenty of challenges still to be met, so we need: Continued financial support from industry Continued input from Defra and AHVLA to carry out core Government functions Defra to re-engage in the export promotion business with industry, UKTI and FCO

21. Partnership does work

22. Panel Discussion ‘Progress Through Partnership’