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  • Good morning, sir.

  • Just Brexit.

  • You no longer allowed to take certain foods to Europe like, uh, meats, fruits, vegetables, fishes and those kinds of stuff.

  • This has been the impact of Brexit so far.

  • Paperwork, Long delivery times on higher prices.

  • Welcome to the Brexit, sir.

  • I'm sorry.

  • Oh my God.

  • Britain's departure from the EU has triggered the biggest change and trade since it joined the bloc 48 years ago.

  • It is the case that in the weeks ahead way expect that there will be significant additional disruption, particularly on the Dover Calais route.

  • There are problems at the moment caused by, uh, teething problems people not really in the right forms or misunderstandings.

  • According to real time truck movement data, freight volumes moving between the two dropped 38% compared with the same time in January last year.

  • Here's wife fishermen were the first workers to be hit, presented with a barrage of new health checks, certificates and customs declarations that delayed the movement of stocks to such an extent.

  • That they were rejected by European buyers is no longer fresh.

  • 1973 Ted Heath, Hey sacrificed fishing to get the deal to go into Europe coming out of Europe.

  • Boris has done the same, but it's worse this time.

  • Since then, other food producers from cheese toe high end beef have also been hit.

  • About 1/5 of small to medium sized businesses have stopped exporting to Europe for now, put off by costly and overwhelming paperwork.

  • This we have this one we have this one way are rebuilding supply chains already.

  • You're seeing these boats come from Ross Lair?

  • You probably some of the unaccompanied.

  • All is already in advance of this of increasing their fleet of trailers, you know, So you're going to see a big shift away from Dover.

  • I think people built their businesses around that free flowing channel.

  • Just to put it up overnight is really gonna hurt some businesses.

  • The friction is forcing some companies to rethink their supply chains, particularly British firms that risk tariffs by selling goods into the EU that were made from materials originally imported from Asia Online clothing giant A sauce, for example, expects a $21 million tariff hit, while Japanese carmaker Nissan plans to source more batteries from Britain tow, avoid tariffs on electric cars, probably the most obvious impact can be seen in the ports Ireland used to ship via Britain as it was speedier.

  • But large ferries are now shipping goods directly between the EU member on the rest of the block, cutting out paperwork on delays.

  • In Ireland, gaps have begun appearing on supermarket shelves as retailers struggle to cope with the customs paperwork.

  • It's a situation that could deteriorate after a three month grace period for Northern Ireland supermarkets expires.

Good morning, sir.

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