Nearly all are deemed ‘high-risk’ and so will need customs declarations and phytosanitary certificates
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Christmas trees make the journey into the UK to take pride of place in living rooms across the country.
But the the cross-border operation faces a new hurdle this year. Plants coming from the EU will be subject to post-Brexit border checks that importers are warning will increase costs for sellers, and probably push up prices for consumers.
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