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The EU for sure needs reformations. No doubt. Question is what price is the UK (Govt.) willing you pay for this bit of more sovereignty? Meaning what does BREXIT mean for the British people and the British economy. Where do most imports (goods and raw material) to the UK come from and where do most exports from the UK go to? If I´m right more than 40% of UK exports go to the EU and more than 50% of imports come from the EU. So VAT & Import fees makes it more expansive for either side. But since the market in the EU market is a lot larger than the market in the UK the EU companies (not meaning Germany alone) may look for alternative trading partners inside the EU. And the UK may look for alternative goods & trading partners as well but the UK is an island so "alternative" goods from non EU countries have to be flown in or shipped by ferry & vessel or trucks have to cross EU countries and go through the tunnel and after BREXIT EU goods have to pass the customs. Trucks will stand on huge parking lots in Kent waiting for maybe several days or so (we do not know yet) until they have been cleared. Not sure how this will work for EU goods shipped by vessel  but I´m sure containers will pile up as well. And all that for sure is a big disadvantage. Not sure if it worth paying that price. May sound like s "rather small price" but I think the Brexiteers have largely underestimated the impacts on trade, economy and jobs. But time will tell...

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Whilst it true the EU is a massive market, I wonder what percentage of our exports go to the newer states (i.e. joined after the common market) i would guess most still goes to the traditional western edge of the EU

The problems on customs etc will take a time to sort out but I assume the UK is looking for the long term not say the next six months

Tariff;s are strange animals after all Trump put up imported sewing machines by 25% yet the price i assume is now seen as normal after what 18 months or so, he has increase imports duty on many EU items over the fight with Boeing, yet apart from the first few days you hear little of it now

 

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Guess what I just figured.

At least 2 parcel services (GLS & DPD) on my end no longer offer shipping services to the UK.  :blink:

May be different for business customers abut still...

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It makes sense for companies to wait now, to see what happens on the 1st,

Someone in the UK cannot bring in a few thousand bottles of French Wine as no transport available for hire to deliver to UK. this was in UK papers yesterday. Both UK container posts full and ships waiting 10 days to get a berth due to companies buying in stock prior to the 1st.

People complaining lack of information, but until a deal is done or not, I guess both sides cannot predict the outcome, as usual all EU matters tend to go down to last few minutes

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Ouh - Deal! :blink:

What will it be...   :popcorn:

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Lets hope common sense prevails

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I´m not certain of what is going on now? Looks like no import fees / tax / vat added but custom papers required... or not?

But I´m not really sure how to act if someone order from the UK.

Meanwhile most parcels service no longer take packages for the UK (except UPS afaik) but that seems to be because of the new Virus pattern...

Weird times...  :wacko:

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1 hour ago, Constabulary said:

. . . 

Meanwhile most parcels service no longer take packages for the UK (except UPS afaik) but that seems to be because of the new Virus pattern...

Weird times...  :wacko:

you think thats confusing. . . . many courier companies are refusing to take packages from GB destined for N.I. ! All within the UK but they think that the VAT & customs will be different after 1/1/21

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Really?  :blink: 

I hope they come up with some proper information soon. "Best" information I found so far came from the DHL Express website (German only) but nothing else yet.

https://www.dhl.de/de/geschaeftskunden/express/infos-knowhow/brexit-special.html

(At the moment) I guess it will require a commercial invoice and / or a custom declaration form. But either side will neither charge VAT nor custom fees of any kind.

Even the UK Customs website does not show an update with an "after deal date". :wacko:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-your-eu-business-ready-from-1-january-2021

:popcorn:

 

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Talked to some tax consultants over here - they all recommend to no longer ship to the UK just because it would cause too much trouble (especially for small businesses) if something does not fully match the new UK regulations and they seem to be (yet) not fully clear. F.i. handmade items made from foreign (3rd country) raw material or antiques / collectibles form 3rd party countries (thats what I asked for).

2nd info I heard of (not confirmed) items shipped from the EU are tax free ONLY when they have a proof of origin that proves the items are made in the EU otherwise tax and vat may apply.

So yeah - at this point I think it´s better to no longer ship to the UK until they have cleared up everything but honestly I guess that will never be the case - just too many uncertainties. :wacko:

Does not sound like smart deal.

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