A no-deal Brexit would mean the immediate re-establishment of customs controls on goods from the UK, leading to serious problems and disruptions in the port of Rotterdam.
According to the PRA, around 40 million tonnes of goods are shipped between the Netherlands and Britain every year via Rotterdam port, which is also the main hub for cargo passing from other EU member states to Britain. Operators could no longer go through the current process of customs clearance in the case of a hard Brexit.
"We stress that importers and exporters need to pre-alert their cargo digitally via Portbase," Willems said. Portbase, the Dutch digitalized port communications system, has developed a chain-wide solution for the customs obligations which will be in effect in the Dutch ports following Brexit. Some 15 percent of companies which ship goods to Britain through the Netherlands have failed to complete the necessary paperwork for their trucks to embark on ferries after Brexit. The PRA has established buffer parking spaces for up to 700 trucks, if their customs documents have not been properly prepared to go through customs clearance. "The buffer parking locations for trucks are currently dismantled, but they will be put in place again when the next Brexit deadline is approaching," Willems said.
IMPACT ON TRADE
Brexit's impact expands further than just serious problems at the port of Rotterdam. The Netherlands is among the EU countries expected to be severely hit by Britain's withdrawal from the bloc. In light of this, but also because there is no clarity on what the UK's departure from the EU will look like, the Dutch parliament has given its approval for emergency powers to the government to pass laws in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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