"While the UK generally produces enough grains, meat, milk and eggs to cover its needs, it has one of the lowest food self-sufficiency ratios among large western European countries.
About 40% of its food is imported – including 80% of its fruit and 47% of its vegetables – one of the highest rates of reliance on imported fruit in Europe, making the UK more dependent on imports than France, Germany or Spain."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/uk-heat-stressed-countries-fruit-veg-import
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