Economics

Brexit Trade Recovers With Fewer Cross-Channel Cargoes Rejected

  • Data back government’s view that shipments are normalizing
  • Haulage group warns 40% trucks many be returning empty to EU
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Shipments of goods across the English Channel are recovering, with fewer haulage companies pulling out of jobs in the past week.

The rejection rate for cargo shipped from France to the U.K. fell to the lowest since the last week of November, an indication of reduced friction at the border, according to the the logistics company Transporeon.