Importing fresh product into the UK has become increasingly complicated over the past few year . Modern customs formalities , plant life passports , and an boom amount of paperwork have result in delays and additional monetary value . The Quality Control Bureau ( KCB ) and Naktuinbouw have been audit exports since January 31 , while import inspections in the UK will jump from April 30 .
challenge abound . Our fellow of BPnieuws.nl spoke with several Dutch exporter , all of whom have their reservations . " For instance , you might be stop and asked if a grower has a certain certificate . You call them , and they say ' yes , ' but it turns out the regulatory bodies have n’t received it yet . Or reckon works pass : for a specific product from a sure area , it ’s necessary , but not for the same product from a nearby area . Yet , those payload often go in the same truck , what ’s the pointedness of that ? Or this : I bet on what customers corrupt in my webshop . Some items are with us for a while but conceive about plant at craft nurseries . A phytosanitary certificate is only valid for two weeks . How do we solve this ? "
impudence at stakePlants are more complicated than flower , as Daan van der Knaap from Dutch Quality Flowers experience . Nonetheless , this heyday line haulier also has to deal with a lot of special paperwork and worries about physical inspections . " It ’s certain that this will take surplus time , but we do n’t be intimate on the dot what to expect . Will they check a bunch or unload the hand truck , how long does an inspection take , how terrible will the check be ? If the delays become significant , we might have to pre - purchase , which would strike crust . "
The developments over the preceding few years have made transportation more expensive , but the flowers themselves have also become pricier . The question is always what can and can not be pass on to customers . " One solution is to find more client . We do this by driving up with our trucks . flower store often have a delicate spot for this , seeing a full pushcart of beautiful good in front of them does more than a sleek webshop . "
Where to inspect?Andre van Duijn from Flowerline recognize these developments and has , therefore , completely stopped transporting plants across the Channel . He also order he ’s doing less with flower , mainly because of all the uncertainties and the paperwork involve . " I do n’t know where the inspections will take space , although we do have to indicate where the flowers will enter , " he says . This give to both shipments by gravy boat or truck , as well as the flowers he directly import from Colombia to England . " The fact stay on that inspections cost money and that deal does n’t get any cheaper . "
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