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Plants imported from Europe now face tighter post-Brexit checks – Copyright AFP Ben Stansall<\/small><\/em><\/p>\nOlivier DEVOS<\/em><\/p>\nYuccas from Spain, rhododendrons from Germany or Dutch hazelnut trees \u2014 flowers and plants arriving at UK ports from the European Union face tougher post-Brexit border checks from Tuesday, meaning delays and extra costs for importers.<\/p>\n
At Provender nursery in Swanley, southeast England, production and biosecurity manager Stuart Tickner inspects the leaves of a dwarf prunus to ensure it is not diseased.<\/p>\n
A little further on, he joins general manager Richard McKenna to eye photinia and straighten fruitless mulberry trees which have just arrived from Italy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to pay for the offloading, reloading of the truck,\u201d McKenna tells AFP.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf a truck is delayed\u2026 plants get damaged.\u201d<\/p>\n
An entire damaged shipment risks costing up to \u00a340,000 ($50,000), he says, which \u201ccould have huge financial ramifications for the business\u201d.<\/p>\n
Britain\u2019s departure from the European Union has already sprouted issues for the horticulture sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlants are perceived by the UK government at high risk of importing disease and pests,\u201d McKenna explains.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has made importing material much harder, much more expensive and already a lot longer in time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tuesday sees the introduction of physical checks at UK ports on animal or plant products deemed \u201cmedium\u201d risk such as cut flowers \u2014 as well as \u201chigh\u201d risk, which include plants that go in the ground.<\/p>\n
The UK government is aiming to eventually inspect every shipment of \u201chigh risk\u201d goods.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the moment jeopardy is very high,\u201d says Sally Cullimore, technical policy manager at the Horticultural Trades Association.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is little certainty about costs.\u201d<\/p>\n
McKenna says his company \u201ccould not survive without importing\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the new costs and new regime prevents us from importing, or makes the material so expensive that nobody wants to buy it, then that will have a profound impact on the business.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Shortages, price rises? \u2013<\/p>\n
Such concerns are shared by Aron Gelbard, co-founder and chief executive of Bloom & Wild, a company that delivers flowers through letterboxes. In France, the brand is known as Bergamotte.<\/p>\n
About 20 percent of flowers sold in the UK are grown in Europe, notably the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there are a lot of flowers that are held up for too long\u2026 (and) they end up having to go to waste because they\u2019re no longer fresh by the time the checks are finished, then yes, that could result in shortages,\u201d Gelbard warns.<\/p>\n
He says new costs to companies \u2014 they will have to pay up to a further \u00a3145 in administration fees on each shipment \u2014 could see consumers paying more for their flowers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this will be an inflationary move\u2026 partly because of the cost of the checks per consignment, and partly because of the cost of wastage,\u201d says Gelbard.<\/p>\n
At Provender, a huge new building under construction overlooks rows of plants and greenhouses where customers, professional gardeners and landscapers walk around.<\/p>\n
The building will have its own \u201ccontrol point\u201d, where government inspectors can carry out phytosanitary checks on-site \u2014 a move the company says will allow it to overcome cost and shortage risks resulting from the tougher rules.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope to reduce the risk of damaging material. We will hopefully eliminate the delay on trucks,\u201d says McKenna.<\/p>\n
Plants will be handled by the company\u2019s specialised employees. But the soon-to-be-finished edifice comes with a cost of \u00a3100,000 to build.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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