News / 'No one is ready' – calls for phase 2 of new customs checks to be postponed

Phytosanitary technician carefully inspecting at a zucchini

04/03/2021

As the row over the Northern Ireland protocol threatens to become a full-blown diplomatic crisis between the UK and EU, there are new industry warnings that UK supply chains face chaos.

Industry, particularly the hospitality sector, wants government to postpone the 1 April implementation of phase 2 of its post-Brexit border checks.

As part of its three-phase introduction of border checks on EU imports, UK border officials are set to begin requesting sanitary and phytosanitary paperwork for animal and plant imports next ...