Dover, UK: New figures show that trade between the UK and Germany plummeted in January amid the economic fallout from Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic in the first month after leaving the EU.
Germany’s federal statistics body said imports from the UK fell by over 56% to €1.6bn (£1.4bn) in January from the same month a year ago. German exports to the UK also fell by 29% to €4.3bn.
The Road Haulage Association said that exports to the EU were still down but “the picture is slowly improving”.
RHA policy and public affairs director Rod McKenzie told BBC Radio Solent that there was a “big crunch coming when import checks start in April, ahead of full customs controls in July”.
