He said: “Speaking to a local fish factory in my constituency, they tell me that were once a mere delivery note used to suffice they now need a catch certificate. “They also need packing lists, they need commodity codes, they need the scientific names on the consignments 1/
they need a commercial invoice, they need import/export declaration form, they need to pay the French government VAT and also a health certificate.”
My question *once again* is why is anybody having to speak to anybody about what was always coming for sales outside the SM&CU 2/
regardless of the/any bloody ("Canada Style") FTA deal !!
He added: “Were once 32p per kilo was the export cost to get product to the continent, it has now trebled to a £1 a kilo.” pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politi…
"More than half (56%) of UK hauliers are considering moving their operations to the EU"
Alleviating the shortage across EU even further; making the shortage in GB yet worse.
"Almost a third (31%) say they are avoiding working with the food & drinks industry, due to increased checks & admin on products. Other sectors impacted include livestock farming (25%), agricultural farming (25%), gardening supplies (19%) & retail (13%)."
This will get worse as..
Spot the differences then and now
It's the Summer of 2019 and up & coming Derry band "The Overtones" set off on a mini tour of UK & mainland Europe. They threw all their equipment in a Transit van with little thought and picked up vast amounts of promotional CDs & other material
in post gig London. Before leaving Dover they stocked up with Tesco pork pies & other animal ingredients favourites after a quick gig in a very muddy festival field. They didn't bother washing their van. After successful gigs in Brussels & Cologne where Mr Whaley treated
himself to a new guitar they had a small road accident in France where they had to quickly replace a buckled door (deciding to have it resprayed to same colour when back in Derry). In Paris the drummer became Ill and had to fly home with his precious (un) lucky drumsticks .
Fuck Health & (Road) Safety...and the reason for introducing driving limits & longer journeys in the first place.
& less rigorous pass rates.
Brexit at any cost ...
Yet another of Michael M's predictions unfolds ..
into the always coming ever more desperate reality.
I remember at school (the ones with blackboard dusters ..thrown with uncanny accuracy by our capricious Latin teacher. & wooden lift up lid desks) we used to debate 'how could the Germans allow the incremental rise of the Nazis to power'?
You *are* living it.
The concept of a customs union & single market I always thought were easy: it seems not. Again just been in a conversation where not..& explained it (successfully) like this..
Imagine a shipment of o/seas expensive watches, or used cars, or a ton of beef enters a port in Wales
The shipment clears customs after satisfying Welsh border force it's met the relevant (rules of origin) tariff/duty & VAT rates. Once cleared (or originating in Wales) does (did) the same shipment need the same costly process at border with England or Scotland (or NI)? No!.. Why?
Because they are part of the same customs territory (a customs union) .
For nearly 50 years this extended ever further into continental Europe and Ireland...but retracted back to just UK (nearly all UK; NI is a bit complicated).. this year