Jaguar Land Rover has not seen any impression so removed from congestion at UK ports, its mum or dad Tata Motors stated on Thursday, whilst many nations lower transport ties with Britain as a consequence of a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus.

Toyota brought forward its Christmas production breaks at crops in England and France after transport disruption hit elements provides.

Honda needed to stop output at its Civic factory in Swindon, England, earlier this month due to a scarcity of elements. It resumed manufacturing a few week later.

The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded points that have been already affecting automakers forward of Brexit, with the looming finish to the transition interval broadly anticipated to trigger delays at ports whatever the consequence of talks on a commerce deal.

Jaguar Land Rover halted manufacturing at its British factories for per week in November final yr to mitigate any potential impression from a no-deal Brexit forward of the then Oct. 31 deadline.

Bloomberg contributed to this report