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The freight volume transported directly between Ireland and the other EU countries doubled in January.
The Irish government announced on Monday.
The reason is that many freight forwarders avoid the actually faster route via Great Britain because of the customs formalities after the UK left the EU.
For decades, Irish exports to the EU were transported via the UK.
The government in Dublin announced that the freight volumes to Great Britain had halved.
Despite the Brexit trade agreement, German industry is currently seeing significant disruptions in the transport of goods to and from Great Britain.
"We expect the bottlenecks to last at least until half of the year," said the general manager of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Joachim Lang, of the dpa news agency.
“This dramatically puts the pan-European supply chains to the test.
The preparations by the government in London and in many British companies were not sufficient to cushion the additional bureaucracy and unnecessary border formalities. "
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Although companies had prepared well for the new trade barriers last year despite Corona, the disruptions hit many companies with great severity, said Lang.
“At the moment, trade has initially shrunk.
As soon as the trading volume increases, we will face a massive stress test. "
Great Britain left the EU internal market and the customs union at the beginning of the year.
The trade agreement negotiated with the EU is intended to avoid a hard break.
The most important point is that no customs duties and quantity restrictions will apply in the trade in goods in the future.
Great Britain left the EU at the end of January 2020.
Lang said on the anniversary that a return to constructive cooperation between the EU and the UK is essential for the economy.
“It is a significant turning point that the UK has now finally and practically left the EU internal market and the customs union.
This entails far-reaching restrictions in the cross-border movement of goods and significantly more customs formalities. "