News / Forwarding not ready for full customs declarations at new EU-UK border

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Logistics industry fears are growing after Brexit minister David Davis gave his clearest indication yet that the UK would implement EU customs declarations at the Irish border next March.

At Multimodal, British Independent Forwarders Association (BIFA) director general Bob Keen said: “None of our members are ready to take on the extra staff that will be required to deal with entries, as there are too many variables.

“They don’t know if it’s a certainty, nor do they know how many [staff] they will need – and no one has suggested ...