“ Our export to the EU has gone down from 18 % to 2 % , ” says Neil Alcock , Managing Director of Seiont Nurseries in Wales . “ Now that the UK is considered a ‘ third country ’ , we can not transport certain plants to EU body politic as they are considered to be high danger . And when we are able to ship the plants , it is much more expensive as we have to get a phytosanitary certificate , customs clearance and increased transport costs . ” Therefore , they now ship more to the local securities industry , which luckily is very strong at the minute . However , they wo n’t give up on their EU customers and are doing their good to hopefully get their trade back to where it once was . Neil Alcock , Seiont NurseriesHigh endangerment plantsSince Brexit was formally initiated on January 1 2021 , much has changed for UK floriculture companies that export to EU countries . As the UK is labelled a ‘ third country ’ , they now have to follow the list of high danger plants that third countries are not allowed to send to the EU . Alcock explains : “ For example , we ca n’t ship the Lonicera or Berberis to Europe anymore , which we used to ship for many years to France . But as it is on the high-pitched endangerment inclination , we can not export it to Europe any longer since this class . ”Seiont NurseriesShipping larger volumesUK companies now have to get a phytosanitary credential before exporting plants into Europe , which be about € 200 per load . As a result , Seiont Nurseries is planning to ship larger volumes in the future , to reduce costs . “ We used to ship every week into The Netherlands for example , sometimes just using two or three trollies . But because of the certificate it has now become too expensive to ship minor amount . So we are looking at increasing intensity per manner of speaking in the hereafter . ”Home marketAs a termination of their export having decreased importantly , Seiont Nurseries is force to deal their leftover plant to their home market in the UK . fortuitously , the need for plant life in the UK has been increase . “ Our home securities industry is very strong at the moment , as the pandemic initiated an increase involvement in plants and sale have increase powerfully as a event . ” They also just come out of a very busy period of exports , as tidy sum of client wanted to purchase their plants at the last of 2020 , before Brexit formally set out and made exportation challenging . “ But we have spent geezerhood working with our client in Europe , so we really do not want to give up on our export mart now and are function hard to rebuild them . We are not giving up easily . ”A better futureDespite the challenges , there is still Bob Hope for a good future tense . “ We are hope that the government will negotiate a better trade deal , so we can get our swap back to where it was . I have been talking to the Horticultural Trades Association to let them have it away how difficult it is for us to export . Hopefully , if we keep on talking about this , we will get listened to . ”For more info : Seiont NurseriesNeil Alcock[email protected]www.seiontnurseries.com
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