UK importers 'sleepwalking' into chaos as customs declarations freeze ends

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UK importers of European goods are “sleepwalking” into disaster, as the UK’s six-month moratorium on customs declarations comes to an end.

HMRC’s six-month delay on declarations for imported goods from 1 January aimed to reduce strain on the system and provide importers sufficient time to adjust to post-Brexit procedures.

But many brokers feel it simply delayed a crisis. One told The Loadstar: “As many importers are new to the customs environment and have enough on their plates, they will sleepwalk into a failure ...