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UK ports have begun charging “customs clearance fees” in what a source claims is an effort to recoup lost investment in border control posts due to delays to phytosanitary procedures.
Ports in London, Southampton, Teesport and Tilbury are levying the new fees, ranging from £17-£25 ($21-$31) per entry.
DP World London and Southampton are also applying fees of £11 per removal, described by a customs source as “insurance against cost of examinations”.
The source told The Loadstar: “In reality, it is a bullshit ...
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Simon Barnes
May 26, 2022 at 1:33 pmthis has been going on for years right, just charged by a differant party, the agent