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Industy representives have warned that exit declarations on goods shipped from Northern Ireland ferryports to the rest of the UK will burden traders with yet more Brexit red tape.
The warning reports BreakingNews.ie, comes as the UK Government’s risk assessment on the Brexit deal flagged that the profitability of businesses trading to and from Northern Ireland could be affected by the cost of checks and administration.
Businesses shipping from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are already facing customs and regulatory checks.
On Monday, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay acknowledged that products moving the other way will also encounter added paperwork, in the form of exit summary declarations, having previously insisted the route would be frictionless.
The declarations record what is leaving Northern Ireland and entering the Great Britain market, for safety and security purposes.
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