According to Minister of State at Defra Lord Benyon, new requirements will allow Scottish seed potatoes back into the Northern Irish market from autumn this year. Following the Windsor Framework, previously banned seed potatoes will be able to move from GB to NI as they do in the rest of the UK. Those moving seed potatoes will be inspected and approved by an authority annually which will allow traders to print and apply the plant label themselves, Benyon said.
Regarding the timeline for introduction of these requirements for seed potatoes, Lord Benyon said he expected the new requirements will come into force later this year, in autumn. More than 75 percent of Britain's seed potato exports comes from Scotland, with the country exporting seed to 18 EU countries in 2020/21.
Source: farminguk.com