News / Phasing-in new UK Customs border checks may have been a mistake

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The decision to phase-in new UK border checks for EU imports may have been a mis-step, following reports that the process is causing confusion.

Under the UK’s three-phase introduction of new import controls, all goods became subject to full checks from 1 January, but only controlled substances required declarations. Animal and plant products will require them from 1 April and all other goods from 1 July.

Gartner supply chain practice director Susan Boylan said the “soft landing” probably emerged to ease the ...