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Government Rejects Criticism from Logisticians but Somewhere the Truth is Out There
UK – The latest arguments surrounding the success or failure of Britain s exit from the European Union contains more eddies and undertows than the fabled Maelstrom of Saltstraumen. In a week when comments flowed over the government decision to extend the deadline for introducing checks and customs formalities on imports, the Cabinet Office fought back at criticisms from the road haulage lobby.
New checks on products of animal origin and plants, as well as full customs declarations at the point of importation for goods coming from the EU are to be postponed by six to nine months, something welcomed by the bulk of the UK freight and logistics community. First though to that spat with the Road Haulage Association (RHA).