Customs

New customs systems ‘not up to speed’, sparking NI truck shortage fears

Northern Ireland continues to bear the brunt of changes brought about by Brexit as concerns over truck shortages grow.
Policy manager for Northern Ireland at Logistics UK Seamus Leheny told the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee there was a lack of procedural understanding on the GB side of the Irish Sea.
“Haulage logistics between Great Britain and Northern Ireland works in a cyclical manner,” Mr Leheny told the committee of MPs.
“And yet, …

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Northern Ireland Protocol ‘a disaster’ for truck drivers, MPs told

Business leaders are calling for greater guidance and communication from the UK government to keep goods moving following implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Supply chains to Northern Ireland felt the immediate impact of the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December, with Logistics UK’s policy manager for the region, Seamus Leheny, claiming many promises of the Trader Support Scheme (TSS) are not being met.
“Unfortunately, the change was noticed …

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Brexit forces retailers to localise Northern Ireland supply chains

Brexit has forced some retailers to localise supply chains in Northern Ireland in a temporary move to bypass new customs restrictions.
“Hundreds of product lines” have disappeared from shelves in Sainsbury’s supermarkets in Northern Ireland, the retailer has confirmed.
Following the Christmas Eve agreement between the EU and the UK, ministers in Downing Street and Stormont said there would be “no border” across the Irish Sea, but a Sainsbury’s spokesperson claimed the …

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Dutch government shows how getting ready for Brexit should be done

Britain’s government may have fumbled its preparations for Brexit, but the same cannot be said for the Dutch – the Netherlands likely to win a rush of post-Brexit business.
Brexit coordinator for Customs Netherlands Roel van’t Veld told the panel at this week’s Invest in Holland event that, since the result of the UK’s 2016 referendum, Dutch Customs had recruited, trained and deployed 900 additional customs officers.
“Our government was quick off …

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Brexit: ‘let’s get it done’ say companies ready for ‘short-term’ border delays

Companies that are ready for Brexit are increasingly concerned by the lack of preparation across the wider supply chain, and the knock-on effect on their businesses.
Morgan Cargo announced last week it had opened an office in Folkestone to manage communications between clients, trucking companies and its Calais customs partner “to ensure the smooth flow of UK imports and exports”.
UK MD Herman Bosman told The Loadstar: “We’ve spent a lot of …

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‘A handful of customs clerks is not enough to prevent post-Brexit traffic chaos’

The UK government has “seriously underestimated” the operability of post-Brexit customs, with the long-term effects being compared to “self-imposed sanctions”.
Forwarder John Shirley said there was a chronic level of understaffing in customs clerk roles, which he did not believe would become clear until the transition period ends on 31 December, he wrote on University College London’s Europe Blog.
“Just a minority of forwarders retain customs clerks in the EU, all of …

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New warning of ‘widespread disruption’ to trade on Brexit day

The UK’s National Audit Office has warned of “widespread disruption” after 1 January.
In a damning report on readiness for the end of the Brexit transition period, it acknowledges that some progress has been made, but it adds “timetables are tight”, Covid-19 has “exacerbated delays” and “significant risks remain”.
“There is little time for ports and other third parties to integrate their systems and processes with new or changed government systems, and contingency …

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‘Abandoned’ SMEs struggling to prepare as final Brexit deadline looms

UK small and medium-sized supply chain businesses claim government indecision and negotiating failures have left them all at sea, as the country prepares for the end of the Brexit transition period.
All UK supply chain companies will be required to operate under new customs and border control procedures from 1 January, but if a trade deal with the EU is reached, some red tape can be cut.
But the lack of clarity …

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UK should learn a lesson from ‘disastrous’ Australian customs switch

Australia’s “disastrous” implementation of a new customs system in 2005 bears marked similarities with the UK approach to post-Brexit customs, which could lead to months of delays, experts have warned.
A source familiar with Australian logistics history told The Loadstar that, just as the UK government has through the Brexit process, Australia chose to ignore industry and push ahead with “ill-informed” changes.
“What happened in 2005 was that, overnight, everything changed despite …

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Brexit: deal or no-deal, businesses must prepare for a mountain of paperwork

Businesses must “accept uncertainty” following prime minister Boris Johnson’s warning that the UK must prepare itself for a no-deal Brexit.
Mr Johnson’s comments came a day after his self-imposed deadline for a deal to be reached had passed – although minister Michael Gove, who is leading Brexit preparations, said the “door was still ajar” for a deal to be reached.
The PM said: “We have only 10 weeks until an end to …

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