News / UK-EU SME e-commerce trade 'ground to a halt' after new border controls

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UK businesses are sourcing solutions to changes in the customs environment, but some are still experiencing substantial problems from full import controls at the border.

E-commerce businesses seems to have seen “the biggest tanking”; Diamond Logistics noting at the start of the month that some 70% of its UK-import activity had “fallen off a cliff” after the introduction of customs controls at the border.

One source told The Loadstar direct mail orders had dropped by close to a third.

With the pandemic still holding ...