Welsh border control posts play catch up
Several months after the implementation of new import controls on high risk goods coming into the UK from the EU, work has finally started on new port facilities at Holyhead which will eventually be used to check meat and other products coming in from the Republic of Ireland.
Since we left the EU in 2021 such physical checks (and the additional costs associated with them) have been waived. But the new facilities aren’t expected to be operational until some time in 2025, at which point a large proportion of Britain’s meat imports will start to be subject to expensive import checks and charges. We’ll monitor progress and report back.