British farmers face paying for border checkpoints in EU after Brexit halts exports

[Silver]

British farmers are trying to set up red tape and border checks in France costing millions of pounds – and may even pay for it themselves.

Breeders in Britain are unable to export their pedigree cattle, sheep and pigs to the EU because no one has built any border control posts where vets can check the animals before they enter the single market.

No private company in France has been prepared so far to invest the millions of euros needed to build a facility, bringing British exports to the European mainland to a halt since Brexit.

Now the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is planning to ask farmers if they will help fund the facility themselves. Meanwhile, some breeders say they have only months left before shutting down their export operations, while others are relocating to the EU.

British farmers face paying for border checkpoints in EU after Brexit halts exports (msn.com)

Edited Saturday at 04:42 PM by Silver

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

Another sunlit upland where Britain holds all the cards I see.