Tuesday’s announcement also highlights long-running concerns that border checks on food imports from the EU — which supplies 28% of the food consumed in Britain — could choke off supplies.
Physical inspections have been pushed back to the end of April, with the final controls on EU imports — safety and security declarations — postponed to October 2024.
Some UK industry groups welcomed the latest delays to border checks, which, they said, will add costs and friction to supply chains.
The UK inflation rate is the highest in the G7, with consumer prices rising 6.8% in July compared with a year ago.
Beyond inflation, food supply disruptions remain a lingering concern in the UK, which imports just under half of all the food it consumes.
Persons:
Brexit, ”, Shane Brennan, ” Brennan, Andrew Opie, Rishi Sunak, Olesya Dmitracova
Organizations:
London CNN, European Union, London School of Economics, EU, Chain Federation, British Retail Consortium, Britain, and Drink Federation
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Britain, United Kingdom, EU