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Logistics UK rep @Freight_NI tells NI Affairs Ctte that one operator had to teach themselves how to use an EU IT system relating to the Irish Sea border over the weekend by luckily finding a instruction video on YouTube.
Opening remarks from business groups say teething problems on the sea border include: a communication breakdown with GB businesses not knowing what they had to do,
TSS call centre overwhelmed, customs declarations talking hours not seconds, groupage process not working yet, Vat & RoO confusing
DUP’s Ian Paisley calling for immediate invocation of Art 16 of the Protocol which allows elements of the sea border to be unilaterally disapplied, @Freight_NI says it’s not at that stage & if you were ever to get there you would need a plan & you would create other problems
He says the lack of time to prepare & train is the major problem
Ulster Farmers Union gives example of Ukrainian cereals for animal feed as a third country product which will be ‘at risk’ for the purpose of tariffs. Importers are concerned because the details of the tariff rebate scheme isn’t clear yet.
UFU say the anticipated origin issues for NI milk not qualifying as local product in Irish dairy products has not really materialised. Most countries the Irish processors have contacted are content that NI milk continues to get used.
One wrinkle identified by the UFU: it doesn’t look as though the MAS (which will cover of health certs for food products GB-NI) does not cover the cost of SHAs a cert, which in some circumstances, is needed for food NI-GB.
UFU saying temporary movement of animals for auctions or agricultural shows in GB has now become very difficult
