Milk agency flags changes in north-south trade relations

Brexit raises the possibility of major disruption to sales of milk in the shops — because more than one in every four litres of fresh milk comes across the border from Northern Ireland.

Currently, goods and services can move freely from the Republic to Northern Ireland and vice versa, but that could all change if the border becomes an EU land border.

Meanwhile, rising imports of fresh milk from the North have taken its market share to more than 25%, confirmed the National Milk Agency last week.