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UK Clothing Sales to EU Plummet as Brexit Red Tape Deters Exporters

The UK has also failed to benefit from a boom in online goods sales in the EU since 2019, according to a new study that shows the extent to which complex regulations have deterred firms from sending goods across the Channel.
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Many of the worst affected were small and medium-sized businesses, which faced a larger relative burden from red tape than multinational firms. (Illustration by BoF)

UK exports of clothing and footwear to the EU have dived since Brexit, according to a new study that shows the extent to which complex regulations and red tape at the border have deterred firms from sending goods across the Channel.

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