Britain Delays Post-Brexit Import Trade Controls Again

Flags of the Union Jack and European Union are seen ahead of the meeting of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Brussels, Belgium, on 9, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via Reuters

LONDON—Britain has delayed the implementation of some post-Brexit import controls for a second time, saying it would phase in checks through next year rather than impose them now when industry supply chains are under strain.

Britain left the European Union’s single market at the beginning of 2021 and the immediate introduction of checks on British goods going to Europe has hit sales hard.