The SEVEN baffling new forms that seafood firms MUST fill in to send just ONE species of fish to EU. and the 33-point official advice on how to export it
UK seafood firms have to complete seven documents just for one lorry carrying one species to export to EU
Papers include export health certificate, catch certificate, customs export declaration and storage document
Government produces huge flowchart on how British suppliers can now export wild-caught marine fish to EU
Introduction of new checks and paperwork since end of Brexit transition period has hugely disrupted exports
TORY ministers treat the export crisis threatening to sink Scotland’s fishing sector “like they’re discussing the rules of croquet”, Fergus Ewing says. In the past fortnight, the country’s iconic fishing industry has entered an unprecedented storm as Brexit red tape prevents fresh produce valued in European markets from crossing the Channel. Around one third of the fleet is tied up at harbour as custom is cut off, and loads of langoustines that were bound for traders in France and Spain have had to be dumped. Logistics firms are caught too in a roadblock thrown up by the terms of the UK’s EU withdrawal deal, enacted suddenly after a last-minute agreement was reached while the UK Fisheries Minister was organising a village nativity trail.
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