"We've gone from being able to trade between the EU and the UK without any paperwork apart from an invoice before [the UK left the single market], to having to have customs declarations and now phytosanitary certificates," said Kasper Kortegaard Graven, the managing director of Kortegaard.
"The checks cost money, that increases the cost of the product and ultimately the consumer pays more," Graven stated, emphasizing the financial impact of new post-Brexit regulations on Christmas tree prices.
Kasper Kortegaard Graven highlighted that, "the Brexit costs have played a big part in this, as well as the tightening of supply of Danish and other European trees, as more farmers have left the industry."
Experts suggest that between 20% and 40% of Christmas trees sold in the UK could come from overseas, with Denmark being the largest supplier remaining.
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