News / UK ports plead for more time to build border posts for new customs procedures

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As more ports confirm they are unlikely to be ready for the 1 July deadline, the UK government is facing increasing pressure to delay new border control procedures.

Post-Brexit UK import procedures are implemented in three phases to ease the burden on the country’s supply chains, but many feel the government’s late-in-the-day approach has left scant time for key structural changes.

Portsmouth International Port director Mike Sellers said despite the port’s “critical role” in UK trade, it had not received necessary funds ...