FOR more than 20 years, Ton Llado has been importing Scotch whisky to Barcelona as part of his specialist wine merchant business.
Now he says it is like the bottles are coming from a “different planet”, thanks to increased bureaucracy and costs post-Brexit.
While big firms have the expertise to deal with customs arrangements, small distillers and suppliers say they are bearing the brunt of difficulties and disruption.
Llado is chief executive of Vins Noe, which works with an independent malt whisky bottler in Glasgow.
He said: “We are in the specialised segment of wine merchants, so we have customers for highly specialised whiskies. The bureaucracy has increased a lot and is adding costs to all the trade.”