Is the Calais crisis costing the UK £250m a day in lost trade?
by Gwyn Topham from on (#FYD8)
Freight Trade Association's estimate of cost of disruption at French port does not stack up
Is the Calais crisis really costing the UK 250m a day in lost trade?
It seems vastly improbable. The figure was issued by the Freight Transport Association (FTA), derived, using a crude calculation, from a 2014 study on the value of trade passing through the port of Dover.
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