Mr. Aidan Gough:

The agrifood sector has been incredibly successful for the Northern and Southern economies. A significant contribution to its success has been the fact that the industry more or less operates on an all-island basis using scaled economies and comparative advantage in terms of sources for the production processes. All this has contributed to the growth of the agrifood industry North and South. In fact, 40% of the milk produced in the North goes South into southern processing plants. A similar proportion of pigs are sent North to be slaughtered. The agrifood industry is incredibly integrated. We would not want to see barriers put in place that would detract from the advantages to be gained from operating on an all-island basis.