Brexit has 'significantly altered' Irish-British freight traffic, report finds


FILE PHOTO: Shipping freight containers are transported at Dublin Port in Dublin, Ireland, September 24, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Post-Brexit trade frictions have "significantly altered" freight traffic between Ireland and Britain and sparked a steep rise in volumes to and from Ireland and other European Union members, an Irish government agency report said on Thursday.

The introduction of checks on some goods since neighbouring Britain left the EU's trading orbit on Dec. 31 cut imports from Britain by 35% in the first five months of 2021 while the number of shipping routes to mainland Europe more than doubled.

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