News / 'Technical hitch' results in truck queues at UK border control point

Lorries wait at the port of Dover in 2019 © Ben Gingell |

Britain’s new phytosanitary regulations continue to cause problems for importers, with major queues reportedly plaguing the only 24-hour border facility.

Sources told The Loadstar a technical glitch in the automatic licence verification system, which links the Custom Declaration Service and the new Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System (IPAFFS), had caused a backlog of trucks at Sevington.

One driver at the site said: “There are approximately 300 HGVs waiting at the Sevington border facility, ...