Post-Brexit trade laws will drive imported flower prices up 5%, sellers warn

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Roughly 80% of cut flowers in the UK are sourced from the Netherlands, according to the British Florist Association, and post-Brexit trade rules are making sellers nervous.

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00:00New post-Brexit rules that came into effect overnight means all European freight loads

00:07of fresh produce, spanning milk, meat, flowers to plants, must be repeatedly inspected before

00:12hitting UK shelves.

00:14One Dutch flower seller says this will lead to inflated prices.

00:17You have at this moment the effect of the Brexit of the past, in which you have already

00:23got a price increase of 5 percent, then you see that the price goes up 5 percent again,

00:28because we are now inspecting everything here in the Netherlands, but then within 24 hours

00:32in England we will do exactly the same inspection again.

00:35Since Brexit, Dutch flowers and plants had to be checked in the Netherlands and the UK.

00:40Until now this was allowed to be done near the delivery address, but now it should be

00:43done immediately after the ship docks.

00:46If you leave them in a truck for far too long, then you get the problem that the flowers

00:51will fall off.

00:52British customs clearance companies also expect challenges.

00:55From day one, as well as the additional charges, undoubtedly there will be delays.

01:01Asked about the consequences of the new trade rules, Beach says the price will unquestionably

01:06go up.

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