UK importers brace for 'disaster' as new Brexit customs checks loom

Exporters badly hit already but KPMG says biggest headaches' have yet to come' for importers

British firms are warning of an escalation in Brexit red tape as the government prepares to introduce a long list of new controls on imports from the European Union in April and July.

In the coming months further checks are due to be phased in at the UK border, controlling everything from the import of sausages and live mussels to horses and trees, along with new rules on the locations these checks can take place.

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