China News Service, Nov. 6, According to Reuters, according to the Brexit agreement, after the Brexit transition period is over, Northern Ireland needs to start inspections of certain goods traveling between Northern Ireland and other parts of the United Kingdom.

On the 6th local time, a report issued by the British regulatory agency stated that Northern Ireland is not yet ready for this and is currently studying emergency plans.

　　The National Audit Office of the United Kingdom, which is responsible for reviewing government expenditures, stated that due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, regardless of whether the United Kingdom has reached a free trade agreement with the European Union, when the United Kingdom finally leaves the European Union, all border inspections in the United Kingdom will likely encounter widespread interference.

Data map: Big Ben, Great Britain.

　　According to reports, even if the UK does reach an agreement, from January 1, 2021, exporters need to submit customs and security declarations.

However, the UK’s National Audit Office stated that ports now have little time to integrate or test their systems with the government’s new IT services, and there are not enough customs sites or customs agents to help adapt.

　　The head of the National Audit Office, Gareth Davis, said, “There may be an outage, and the government needs to respond quickly to minimize the impact.”

　　Another area of ​​concern involves a key government plan for cross-border transportation in several EU countries, and many truck companies are expected to participate in this plan.

However, the National Audit Office reported that achieving this goal will be challenging.

　　The report also pointed out that the customs department will need to do a lot of work to deal with the estimated 270 million customs declarations each year.

At the same time, the British government also stated that it has invested 84 million pounds in training customs intermediaries to gradually meet the demand for import documents and improve the logistics efficiency of key goods.

　　However, the British National Audit Office also warned that if traders are not prepared, there may be 7,000 trucks waiting in long queues in Kent, southeast England.

The Bank of England said on the 5th that even if an agreement can be reached, the UK's GDP may suffer a certain blow due to changes in trade.

　　Britain officially left the European Union on January 31, 2020, and then entered an 11-month transition period.

If the UK and Europe fail to reach a trade agreement during the transition period, the bilateral trade will return to the WTO framework from 2021 and re-implement border inspections and tariffs.