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Mike Parr, the managing director of PML, at the border check facility at Lympne, near Folkestone in Kent. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Every day, from early morning to late at night, lorries pull up at an inconspicuous-looking warehouse located just off the M20 near Lympne in Kent.

Less than half an hour by road from both the Port of Dover and the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone, trucks loaded with fresh produce come to a facility run by the logistics company PML to get consignments of goods arriving from overseas inspected, cleared for customs and sent on their way.