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The DUP makes a big and important point here. East-west checks create new costs for NI businesses and there's concern that supermarkets/big retailers with bases there could leave.
But of course, the DUP supported last week's proposals when pretty much every NI business group opposed them
A spox for FSB NI says "the devil will be in the detail" but warns that a "bureaucratic" approach to east-west checks will be "costly and highly unwelcome" for NI business 

They say the deal is the "engineers drawing for the super car" and they need to see how it'll be made
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Stephen Barclay is up in the Commons answering an UQ on NI-GB checks under the Brexit deal

Barclay says there'll be "minimal targeted interventions" on goods heading west to east

An MP yells "checks!"
Priti Patel has submitted to the Home Affairs Select Committee a clarification on goods heading from NI to GB

She says west to east trade will be "unfettered" with no "checks" — but there'll be a "minimal administrative process" on some goods

Same line used by Downing St yday
Barclay: each NI-GB exit summary declaration will be a "single form" submitted "electronically" and won't require "physical checks"

True, but someone will need to check them...

Key point: As @denisstaunton & others have said, UK and EU may well agree to waive these declarations
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Adam Payne
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Boris Johnson says "there'll be no checks between Northern Ireland and GB" under the terms of the Brexit deal, which simply isn't true
Barclay told Lords that goods heading west to east would require exit summary declarations

HMG's impact assessment said goods going the other way would need import declarations and Entry Summary Declarations

These may well end up being "light touch" — but they're still checks
Downing Street says NI-GB exit summary declarations are not checks but "minimal administrative processes"

But as @JP_Biz et al point out, these forms, even if filled out and submitted electronically, will need to be checked
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Adam Payne
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Exc: Business groups alarmed by new details of GB-NI checks after Brexit

FSB Northern Ireland said checks would be "immensely unwelcome" and create "cost" & "bureaucracy"

"We cautiously welcomed the deal. We used that word [cautiously] for a reason." businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-…
FSB NI told me Barclay's admission that NI >GB goods would need declarations was a "surprise" as HMG had given them a different impression

"We've been getting mixed signals from gov"

"What we are now starting to see and hear is causing great concern" businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-…
HMG's impact assessment said SMEs could hire customs brokers to handle declarations for them

However, the Freight Transport Association today warns there aren't enough customs brokers

Many businesses "would be unable to comply with new obligations"
businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-…
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