From 1 January 2021, the European Union and the United Kingdom are two separate regulatory and legal spaces. The question arises of how the new post-Brexit era will impact southern African exporters. While local exporters are used to the paperwork trail to move goods, there are other considerations like future exchange rate predictions for the British Sterling and the Euro.
The delays and loss of business for British fishermen and media reports and images of UK shellfish firms protesting outside 10 Downing Street in London, is a signal of permanent shifts in business processes and supply chains in future.