The government has signed the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) 2022 in a bid to strengthen the industry, which contributes billions of pounds to the UK economy each year. Alongside an event organised by the UK’s representative organisation of the coffee industry, the British Coffee Association (BCA), the signing took place at the ICO headquarters in London.
The RT Hon Mark Spencer MP, Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries signed the agreement on April 21st, in the presence of the executive directors of the ICO and BCA, as well as key UK coffee industry representatives. The ICO, which is the only intergovernmental organisation for coffee, brings together exporting and importing governments to tackle the challenges facing the coffee sector through international co-operation.
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