Exporters of plants and flowers from mainland Europe are turning their backs on supplying Britain as "painful" new Brexit border checks are putting some trading relationships at "breaking point", garden centers and nurseries have warned.
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), which represents garden retailers and growers, said long-held links between British nurseries and EU suppliers were now being put under strain because of the delays and costs associated with the new border processes.
The comments were included in a letter to Lady Hayman, the borders, biosecurity, and plant health minister, sent by the HTA on Friday, in which it said that some specialist transporters were now withdrawing from the UK market completely.
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