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There is indeed no information in this article, but that doesn't mean there is information behind it (see links and other articles).

Import/Export stopped overnight for many companies, goods started being stopped at the border and slapped with very high tariff.

Long story short, if you buy a cheap thing from amazon Germany/France, it might very well come to your door with an additional £30 in VAT and handling fees. Hence many companies stopped shipping overnight.

The problem is the worst for supermarket and perishable, see many news about cargos stuck at the border and expiring. The UK relies very heavily on imported food. It's really scary if we can't import food anymore and grocers are going bankrupt with cargo rotting at the borders.

parent user5994461 5 years ago

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