The Liquid Fertiliser Special Interest Group of the AIC have recommended a revision to the AIC Code of Practice for the Prevention of Water Pollution from the Storage and Handling of Fluid Fertilisers. https://www.agindustries.org.uk/resource/fluid-fertilisers-guidance.html
The AIC Seed Trade Dinner has been a well supported fixture of the calendar for many years, but Members will be aware that in 2020 all AIC dinners were postponed due to Covid 19. At the time it was anticipated Covid would not be a concern by 2021, but as all are aware this is not the case.
AIC EU Exit Survey for members launched | AIC would like to better understand the challenges faced by members businesses on importing or exporting goods since 1 st January 2021 as a result of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) signed between the UK and EU.
After four months of lobbying Defra and the Department of International Trade (DIT), the AIC can confirm that tariffs will be dropped on imported molasses from 20th May 2021.
As members may be aware, the AIC sits on one of the Government’s Trade Advisory Groups (TAG) and also provides regular feedback to Government on Trade Policy. One flaw with the current model is that because AIC (represented by Robert Sheasby) has had to sign confidentiality agreements with DIT, we have not been able to share information with members or take advice from members through our work on the TAG.
