News / Not ready for Brexit means a 'hairy' January for trade, 'but it will calm down'

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Just 34 working days remain before Brexit, and yet shippers and forwarders remain woefully unprepared for custom procedure changes, according to panellists at Multimodal Connect.

Underlining today’s National Audit Office report, a survey conducted by the UK Warehousing Association found that while 65% of members felt prepared, 75% of those polled believed their customers were not.

“Whatever final outcome emerges from the negotiations, a free trade agreement will not put us back in the customs union,” said UKWA chief executive Peter Ward.

“I think ...