Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 24 January 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners
Mr. Niall Cody:
It is impossible to say. The value of imports from the UK as a proportion of imports from third countries is something like 60% but the figure depends on the breakdown of tariffs. Customs is now more about regulatory control, protecting markets and protecting environmental rights in the market. A lot of goods are subject to very low customs tariffs, if any, but the greatest level of tariffs is in the agrifood sector, which accounts for a lot of the imports from the UK. This will be the challenge from the export side too.
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