Aerospace must avoid customs checks – MPS

Britain must follow Brussels rules on aerospace after Brexit to protect the industry, MPS on the business, energy and industrial strategy select committee have warned.

Their report says leaving the bloc without a deal would be “highly costly and disruptive” for UK aerospace and aviation, which employs around 114,000 people throughout the country.

Customs checks for the industry, which has complex European supply chains, must be kept to a minimum and the UK should stay in the European Aviation Safety Agency, the committee said.

“The government should seek to secure as near frictionless trade as possible between the UK and EU for the aerospace sector after Brexit, with the minimum amount of customs procedures,” the MPS said.