Britain has pledged not to impose trade tariffs on imports of halloumi cheese from Cyprus in the event that the UK withdraws from Europe with no deal.
Britons import 12,000 tonnes of the rubbery cheese from Cyprus every year, representing almost three quarters of the island’s halloumi production.
The pledge to impose no tariff was announced by the British high commissioner to the island amid a number of other negotiations between London and Nicosia designed to limit the impact of a no-deal withdrawal from the EU, of which Cyprus is a member state.
“The tariff on imported halloumi will be zero said the commissioner.