Roughly 80% of cut flowers in the UK are sourced from the Netherlands, according to the British Florist Association, and post-Brexit trade rules are making sellers nervous.
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00:00New post-Brexit rules that came into effect overnight means all European freight loads
00:07of fresh produce, spanning milk, meat, flowers to plants, must be repeatedly inspected before
00:12hitting UK shelves.
00:14One Dutch flower seller says this will lead to inflated prices.
00:17You have at this moment the effect of the Brexit of the past, in which you have already
00:23got a price increase of 5 percent, then you see that the price goes up 5 percent again,
00:28because we are now inspecting everything here in the Netherlands, but then within 24 hours
00:32in England we will do exactly the same inspection again.
00:35Since Brexit, Dutch flowers and plants had to be checked in the Netherlands and the UK.
00:40Until now this was allowed to be done near the delivery address, but now it should be
00:43done immediately after the ship docks.
00:46If you leave them in a truck for far too long, then you get the problem that the flowers
00:51will fall off.
00:52British customs clearance companies also expect challenges.
00:55From day one, as well as the additional charges, undoubtedly there will be delays.
01:01Asked about the consequences of the new trade rules, Beach says the price will unquestionably
01:06go up.