Today on the Iain Dale Radio show on LBC, a caller formerly responsible for customs at the port of Dover and responsible fand directly responsible no deal plan dispelled all of the common myths surrounding the port of Dover, talking specifically about the no deal plans already in place.
Dispelling the myth of massive backlog at the port the former port official ”now retired and moved up north”, explained that the complaints concerning the border are simply a myth by the misinformed.
Caller: ‘Your first import decleration is not going to be due at the end of 6 months. You have six months to file your import decleration. You would have to work hard to be delayed”
Ian Dale; ”Even in the event of a no deal Brexit situation?”
Caller: ”That is the no deal plan. In a no deal plan, the only thing that is going to happen differently, in terms of what is different from today in terms of flow of goods from the EU to the UK, is that an EU exporter is going to have to raise an import decleration”. That is it, the is the end of no deal planning and I do this for a living”.
After talking of some of the measures released today and dispelling further myths about the ridiculous notion that Britain cannot measure an international border (despite having some of the largest and most capable transit hubs already).
You move through and carry out the import afterwards. It is the exporter which registers, not the trader, nor the haulage company. These will be bond holders which take responsibility for the liabilities as part of their services.
Iain Dale: So, what is your message to people like Emily Thornberry that say there will be shortages of medicine shortages, food shortages an massive delays’.
Caller: ”I was asked once on Sky News actually whether there would be shortages by a staunch remainer and I am a leaver really. When I said that yes there would be really, her face lit up. But then I pointed out that there might be but it would be in Calais, there would be a shortage of Cheddar in Carrefour, but there wont be a shortage of Brie in Tesco.”
In summary, there should be no delays in importing but our export hub will have to work harder and no doubt, similar measures can be put in place because this is something the UK can control.
Specific measures released to the public this afternoon:
- 160 Fully manned pop up stations are planned in Europe and the UK so that exporters can arrive at the border, border ready. So exporters should not even be coming into Kent without even being border ready.
- Importers have 6 months! to file export documents.
- There are backup lorry parks far away from the borders to cope with unforeseen circumstances and avoid lorries backing up around the port hubs and at which, additional pop up clearance locations could be dropped in if required.
- Bonded Exporters will be those which manage the documentation, not traders and not exporters. More are needed and a program is well underway to on board more.
Most of those involved already involved in global supply chain’s and moving products and materials around the world already knew this and those spouting the nonsense on mainstream media have totally lost credibility as a result.
How many more of these Brexit myths need to be dispelled before people wake up to the fact that these comments typically come from people with no experience, no idea what they are talking about and a huge amount of bias.