A SKIPTON butchers has struck a deal to export sausages to Germany with support from overseas trade specialist, Chamber International.

Swaledale Butchers has exported 220 boxes of artisan breakfast sausages worth more than £30,000 to a Hamburg-based international food supplier specialising in cruise ships.

Chamber International provided advice and paperwork to meet the new requirements for shipping goods to Germany following Brexit.

Rare breed specialist Swaledale, which works only with small-scale farmers seeking to preserve native breeds, supplied pork sausages, made with nutmeg, mace, ginger and other spices to its German customer.

Founded in 2010 by brothers-in-law Jorge Thomas and Charlie Cowling, the firm supplies mainly well-known gastro pubs, 80 per cent of which are in London.

Charlie Cowling said: “We have previously traded with Greece but now export only to Germany and required Chamber International’s expertise because of new regulations which apply following Brexit. They did a very professional and efficient job for us.”

Chamber International director, Tim Bailey, said: “Exporting sausages to Germany, home of Bratwurst and Frankfurter, shows how popular high-quality British artisan foods are overseas. UK food and drink is an international success story and we are pleased to help Swaledale Butchers be part of it.”

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