Exports from UK to EU down 68% since Brexit trade deal, say hauliers

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Source: Reuters

BREXIT
FEBRUARY 7, 2021 8:24 AM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

By Reuters Staff

2 MIN READ

LONDON (Reuters) - Exports from Britain to the European Union fell by 68% in January as trade was disrupted after the end of a transition period following Britain’s departure from the European Union, according to a trade body representing hauliers.

The government did not confirm the data and said disruption at the border had been minimal since Britain completed its journey out of the EU’s orbit at the of 2020 following an agreement on trading arrangements.

Since the start of the year, businesses and hauliers have had to adapt to new trading arrangements, including new systems for companies and officials in the British province of Northern Ireland.

Reporting by Costas Pitas, Editing by Timothy Heritage



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Well Boris Johnson and his gang are either full of shit or they are well full of shit..........and this doesn't even speak about the fishing industry or the Northern Border of Ireland..........and then along comes coronavirus .......

[empedocles]

1. Ooooh!

[orwell]

2. This is what happens...

...when you throw your lot in with Right Wing Nut Jobs.

Everyone suffers.

This is all so predictable...just like the Trumpaloon's "China Trade War".

It only benefitted China.

At the end of his "Trade War" we have the highest deficits of all time.

[Midnight Writer]

12. Exactly. Policy based on jingoism and political stuntsmanship.

[Mike 03]

3. That's an enormous decline.

Just wow.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. They said this would be good for UK to rely on its management and financial skill

Whoops, people still consume hard goods and services, and you wouldn't rely on them for technological skills. They don't even make Land Rovers there anymore.

[Turbineguy]

5. Putin

does evil laugh while rubbing hands.

[StClone]

19. Why aren't they trading more with Russia

Russia doesn't have anything anyone wants except a few rare metals and corruption, oh and crude oil.

[roamer65]

6. This will pour high octane on the fire of Scottish independence.

[SunSeeker]

16. They should break away for their own good. Brexit was & is a death cult. nt

[roamer65]

20. I agree.

[wolfie001]

7. This Brits should take Nigel Farage and.....

.....keel haul him under the HMS Victory in Portsmouth.

[0nirevets]

8. This was the intended result all along. Make way for the disaster capitalists.

[OhioTim]

9. Wonder What % Is UK Being Hammered

by the CV?

[Thyla]

10. This reminds me to cancel my Prime UK membership

Don´t need it now.

[mwooldri]

11. Stockpiling.

Probably counts for a good portion of the decline. Businesses were planning for the possibility of no deal, so there were more than normal imports/exports in December and November.

Still it wouldn't surprise me if UK exports to the EU were down overall.

[OnlinePoker]

13. I would think the third lockdown, beginning on 5 (?) January had something to do with it.

Not much shipping happening when very few people are working.

[sandensea]

15. True - but even in the worst month last year (April) EU imports overall, fell 16%

January's import cutback is thus unlikely to have been any more than that.

The rest of the 68% collapse is pure Brexit.

[sandensea]

14. No wonder the UK's GDP likely fell more than any other other developed country's in 2020: Around 10%

Brexit couldn't have come at a worst time for them; hope the UKippers are happy.

[Dan]

17. I was thinking last night,

That I wish someone from across the pond would share their view on the following:

1. What was the original premise of Brexit
2. Post Brexit vote - what were the expectations
3. Post Brexit vote - what has been the outcome
4. What does the future hold for the UK?
5. What does the future hold for Europe?
6. What are the feelings about where you are?

[IronLionZion]

18. Northern Ireland is effectively treated like Ireland

it sounds like they still have the soft border with Ireland but have to deal with customs and so on with the rest of the UK.

So NI is still part of the single market, but there are issues with Europe doesn't want that as a way to smuggle things like vaccines to the UK.

[roamer65]

21. Unification talks soon and unification with RoI in 5 years.

That’s my gut feeeling.

I think the EU will step forward to guarantee rights and peace keepers if needed. The allure of full access to a market of 300+ million people is just too good to pass up for Northern Ireland.

[IronLionZion]

23. I hope that happens peacefully

considering their troubles

Brexit Has Revived the Prospect of a United Ireland. Could It Actually Happen?
https://time.com/5779707/irish-reunification-likelihood/

[Demsrule86]

27. It is time. And I think it will be mostly peaceful.

My husband's family were protestants and owned a farm in Southen Ireland for decades. I believe a cousin still owns it.They were not hassled or targeted in anyway. My father dreamed of a united Ireland his entire life.

[stevesinpa]

22. i was speaking with my friend who lives in London

just a couple days after the Brexit vote. i admit i didnt fully understand the entire situation, there was/is enough going on in the United States to occupy me. but i asked him what the vote was about generally, and he volunteered that he had voted for Brexit. as he explained why, he slowed down, and i could tell he was realizing he had made a big mistake.
it's sad, but most if not all of us do that same. when we discuss things with people that agree with us, or we just keep things in our mind, it may sound like a great idea. but once you say it out loud, sometimes it clicks that "hey, this is a mistake"

[sandensea]

24. Many, I understand, were hoodwinked into believing Brexit was "the solution to immigration"

If that's what bothers them, they should have left the Commonwealth instead.

That's the source of most of Britain's immigrants - particularly the ones whom Tories and UKIppers consider "undesirable."

[BigOleDummy]

26. Same

I belong to a fan site of a certain U.K. show and they have a chat room. Of all the members there (80% or better UK citizens) only one was a Brexiter and yes, he is also the only hard rightist on the board. A real Trump supporter and racist too, imagine that. Its just a bit hard for me to understand how that referendum passed tbh as he's the only UK citizen I converse with that does/did support it.

[IronLionZion]

28. They have an urban/rural and educated/uneducated divide there

similar to the US and Trump supporters. So BREXIT appealed to a lot of uneducated or rural voters who were promised complete lies and were given false scapegoats to blame for their troubles.

[Xipe Totec]

25. Disruption at the border has been minimal because exports have been minimal

So there's nothing to disrupt.

[Happy Hoosier]

29. I have a friend in the UK who is a specialized craftsman....

He used to travel to the Continent to attend trade fairs all the time (before COVID) and ship freely to customers there. His orders from the Continent have decreased significantly since Brexit, and he will no longer be able to just pop on over to France to sell a few things. It will now require a fairly complex web of permits, customs, and tax documents, which will eat up a good chunk of his margin.

Brexit is a disaster for him.