Post-Brexit Border Checks Could Add £1.5 Billion to UK Aerospace Costs

Post-Brexit Border Checks Could Add £1.5 Billion to UK Aerospace Costs
An umbrella with EU and British flags attached to it is held ahead of a speech by Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May in Florence, Italy September 22, 2017. Reuters/Max Rossi
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LONDON—Britain’s aerospace industry could face £1.5 billion a year in extra costs after Brexit if firms exporting components to the European Union face additional checks at the border, industry body ADS Group said on Monday.

Britain is struggling to make headway in negotiations with Brussels on arrangements for leaving the EU and the trading arrangements that will follow after Britain leaves the bloc in 2019, fuelling boardroom uncertainty in key sectors like aerospace.