Costly import red tape means UK food prices will rise, expert warns
UK food importers are clashing with the government over a threat of inflationary increases to ...
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The cost of trading in Northern Ireland is set to soar, post-Brexit – but claims that there will be food shortages have been dismissed as “scare-mongering”.
Director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium, Aodhan Connolly, last night warned that new customs requirements could cost retailers “tens of thousands of pounds per load”.
“Export health certificates all in cost around £200 and would be needed for every product of animal origin, with an average supermarket truckload requiring 400,” Mr Connolly told the BBC.
“A worst-case ...
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