UK govt relaxes more trade rules between GB and NI
Updated / Friday, 5 Mar 2021
20:45
The British government has now relaxed the prohibitions related to soil
The British government has moved to unilaterally ease another element of the contentious Brexit arrangements governing trade to Northern Ireland.
A ban on importing plants potted in soil from Britain to the North has been temporarily lifted.
While most agri-food goods are, or will be, subject to extra regulatory processes to enter Northern Ireland under the terms of Brexit's NI Protocol, some have been banned altogether.
That prohibited list includes plants or vegetables potted in British soil or with traces of soil still attached to them. This has caused problems for many businesses in Northern Ireland, particularly garden centres.