London-Sana
The British Telegraph newspaper said in a report today that the food industry in Britain is on the verge of collapse due to the high cost of energy due to the anti-Russian sanctions.
The newspaper quoted experts from the British National Food Association as saying that the high cost of fertilizers will not allow enough wheat to be grown to produce flour products, as the price of raw materials has risen from 200 pounds a ton to about 625 pounds in recent months.
According to Joe Gilbertson, a specialist from the Confederation of British Agricultural Industry, the lack of nitrogen fertilizer will affect the cost of milk, meat and bread at a time when it is difficult to import grain due to the Ukrainian crisis.
Earlier, the chemical fertilizer company fertilizers announced the closure of the country's largest plant near the city of Chester, which supplied nitrogen fertilizers to farmland, indicating that it could no longer sustain business in conditions of high gas prices and high environmental taxes.
After Russia launched a special operation to protect Donbass, Western countries imposed wide-ranging sanctions against Moscow, which turned into economic problems for the United States, Britain and the European Union, including a sharp rise in fuel and food prices.
