Uncertain future for £200m NI border posts

by
John Campbell

BBC News NI economics and business editor

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Currently food products and plants shipped from Great Britain have to pass through border control posts at NI ports, but that will no longer be necessary

Almost £200m worth of recently-built port infrastructure in Northern Ireland faces partial redundancy when this week’s EU-UK deal is eventually implemented.

Food products and plants being shipped from Great Britain currently have to pass through government-operated border control posts (BCPs) at Northern Ireland ports.

That will no longer be necessary when an agrifood deal is implemented.

In April, a government minister said new BCPs at Belfast, Larne, Foyle and…

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