Mr. Giles O'Neill:

It is fair to say everything has been tested. The process has tested our communications and many organisations and stakeholders have really grasped that. The level of communications across stakeholder groups has been immense with respect to preparation and that will continue. I am involved with a number of stakeholder groups and there is a two-way process of communication in raising issues and getting them resolved as quickly as possible. A number of measures have already been taken this year in trying to improve matters and I am sure a number of measures will be taken in future.

This really required people to get on top of things very quickly. The more experienced exporters and importers were able to do this and some of the less experienced people who had just been dealing with the United Kingdom found it very difficult. The amount of data and the timely receipt and communication of the data, as I said at the start, tested everybody. It will only continue to improve as people get more used to the systems required.