GB trade with Northern Ireland tumbles after tougher post-Brexit rules kick in

on Aug 13, 25 • in UK, UK News • with No Comments

New UK Government figures show a developing crisis in trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK as 10.8 per cent of retailers completely stopped sending goods to Northern Ireland in June. Almost three in 10 (29.6 per cent) of transport and storage sector companies say their volumes to the province fell during the month. Trump’s tariff wars may be grabbing the headlines but Brexit is still impacting trade more than five years on, says the international delivery expert Parcelhero. Strict new trade rules for goods sent from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)