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The common user charge ( CUC ) was imposed by government in April to recoup the costs of physical checks at its new border control post in Sevington , Kent .
Government estimated the new border checks would cost around 330 m a year, but estimates now put as high as 2bn .
Businesses are particularly exasperated because the current levels of checks are only at around 2-3% a significant reduction from the 15%-30% initially suggested.
The FPC believes the new government has an opportunity to “adopt a new approach and minimise costs to industry and hard-pressed consumers whilst maximising biosecurity”. The much-touted veterinary agreement between the UK and the EU , which Keir Starmer has repeatedly promised, “would remove all these trade barriers and added cost”, said the BMPA ’s trade policy advisor Peter Hardwick ..
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