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Additional reporting by Barbara Gray in Paris
The majority of lorries travelling from the UK to the EU via Calais and Dunkirk have nothing in them, suggesting that trade has been significantly disrupted since Brexit.
According to figures for the week ending 24th January, an average of 3,400 lorries a day travelled from the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel to Northern France.
Two in three – 65% – were empty. At the beginning of January the rate was 75%.
In the same week, 4,000 lorries travelled in the other direction.
The data, provided by the Prefecture Hauts-de-France et du Nord, shows that HGV (heavy goods vehicle) traffic in both directions across the English Channel was down 30% on normal flows.
There were also issues with customs…