Following the recent EU-UK deal, when it is eventually implemented, this will mean that almost £200m worth of recently built port infrastructure in Northern Ireland faces partial redundancy.
Currently, food products and plants being shipped across the North Channel and the Irish Sea from Great Britain, when entering Northern Ireland ports, have to pass through government-operated border control posts (BCPs).
With the EU-UK agreement setting out post-Brexit relations on issues, among them trade, BSP procedures will no longer be necessary when an agrifood deal is implemented.
It was in April when a government minister said new BCPs at Belfast Harbour, the Port of Larne, and Foyleport, along with Warrenpoint Port, would be "operationally ready" by July.
The construction costs of the BCPs are being paid for by the UK government, and when completed, the facilities will be handed over to the Northern Ireland Executive.
BBC News has more to report.
