Ports face hundredfold jump in customs declarations under WTO Brexit, CBI warns
Up to 5,000 new customs staff will be required to manage the volume of new customs declarations and checks in the long term, and the cost of customs declarations alone could run into tens of billions of pound a year, claims business lobby group
Some British ports could see a hundredfold increase in customs declarations in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Confederation of British Industry has warned