Importers bringing small amounts of cold products such as cheese, salami and fish into Britain through the port of Dover or the Eurotunnel will have to pay up to £145 to do so from April 30.
New 'common user charge' will see imports entering Britain slapped with fees. Government caps costs at £145 to 'help small firms' but experts slam regime. READ MORE:New post-Brexit administration fees are set to push up food prices further and lead to empty shelves, food producers have warned.
Phil Pluck, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, which represents temperature-controlled food supply firms, said it was 'extremely disappointing' that the charges had been announced with less than a month's notice. He told PA: 'Ultimately, this will increase business costs and food prices and potentially lower choices for the shopper.
Labour shadow minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said: 'British shoppers and businesses already suffering with the Conservative cost-of-living crisis will - rightly - be deeply worried about prices being driven up yet again.
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