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Despite the tariff-free deal agreed with the EU, a study finds up to £3.5bn of exports have had taxes applied.

Despite the tariff-free deal agreed with the EU, a study finds up to £3.5bn of exports have had taxes applied.

An award-winning British cheesemaker has abandoned sales to the European Union because of the £180 cost of post-Brexit paperwork.  Hartington Creamery in Pikehall, Derbyshire is seeking to replace European sales with exports to the United Sates and Canada.  Before Brexit, the cheese manufacturer faced no red tape when exporting to the European Union.   It comes as exports of UK goods to the European Union dropped by more than forty per cent in January as Britain and Brussels began their post-Brexit trading relationship.  New data published this morning by the Office for National Statis...

Don't show me this message again✕ A trade deal agreed just before Christmas also saw the dairy get its first Canadian shipment. (AFP via Getty Images) One of the few dairies allowed to make Stilton said it has lost 20% of its online turnover ‘overnight’ due to Brexit. Hartington Creamery at Pikehall, Derbyshire, has said that the paperwork needed to send orders to the European Union was too expensive to make business with the EU viable. Simon Spurrell, the director of Hartington Creamery, said each parcel, pallet or container of Stilton required a veterinary surgeon certificate costin...

Hartington Creamery says the paperwork needed for each order is costing too much.