Brexit: import checks come into force, hitting SMEs
Delays, confusion, costs – it’s all normal now in the world of UK trade. From ...
Want to know what a worst-case post-Brexit UK road supply chain scenario could look like? Read this. Businesses from the car industry in the Midlands to fisheries in Scotland could be hampered by severe delays at the port of Dover after Britain leaves the EU, because of customs checks. According to The Guardian, gridlock could envelop the south-east of England, with 30-mile queues of lorries attempting to cross the Channel. The article reports that the port has no room to expand to accommodate paperwork checks for the 2.6m trucks that pass through every year. It says similar problems will be faced by Eurotunnel, a few miles inland, which caters for another 1.6m lorries a year.
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