Get Ready for the full UK controls in January

UK freight executives are pleading with European exporters to the country to be prepared for full customs declarations at the beginning of next year.

David Wells, CEO of Logistics UK, told delegates at yesterday’s Multimodal conference in Birmingham he had been “pleading” with members to get their European suppliers prepared for 1 January, when UK customs authorities will need full customs declarations completed to allow shipments across the border.

Mr. Wells said the way the UK government dropped border controls at the beginning of this year, when Brexit, in combination with the chaos caused by the pandemic, threatened to shut down UK-continental Europe supply chains, had bred a false sense of security.

“The government just opened the border in January 2021, and I don’t think people realise it is serious about imposing border controls in January 2022.

Source:TheLoadstar