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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rob Davies

Brexit ‘shaved £850m off beauty industry’s exports to EU’

Beauty products laid out on a multicolour background.
The report says UK exports of cosmetics and other personal care products had been rising between 2010 and 2016, the year of the Brexit vote. Photograph: Iryna Veklich/Getty Images

Brexit has led to an £850m fall in the value of the UK beauty industry’s exports to the EU, according to a report by a leading economics forecasting organisation.

The research, commissioned by the British Beauty Council, blamed customs delays and the increased cost of cross-border trade for putting a dampener on sales.

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