The UK Government is planning for Border Control Posts (BCPs) in Northern Ireland - what I had told FTA members in December is becoming reality: there will be SPS checks on goods coming from GB in NI ports. Still, there are lots of details to clarify 1/ bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-no…
BCPs will need to be big enough to handle new volumes - that's a question of space & resources. Industry will need to know what type of products they can handle (not all products can go through all BCPs) + their opening hours. 2/
That's critical to know which BCPs (& therefore which ports) to use. Controls at BCPs are only 1 dimension of SPS requirements. Exporters will need to have export health certificates, catch certificates or phytosanitary certificates. They will need to find enough vets etc... 3/
It's not something you can plan for in a couple of weeks (let alone during an all-consuming global pandemic) & companies will need as much information as possible to prepare adequately. So, as my former colleague @Freight_NI was saying: tick tock, tick tock ⏰... /END
