Category: Brexit

In June 2020, an EU Select Committee report found that frictionless UK-Ireland border through the use of technology may not be possible, as they only have the capacity to mitigate rather than to eliminate friction arising from customs checks and processes. The new customs declaration system (C... Read more

From 1st July duty deferment users, and EORI-registered importers who pay cash or an equivalent and do not hold a duty deferment account, will need to make payments of customs duties and import VAT by the relevant due date. As part of the package of measures put in place to support businesses ... Read more

With six months to go before the U.K. finally breaks its ties with the European Union, and hardly any progress made in the trade negotiations business is preparing for the possibility that the UK will leave the EU without a deal. For manufacturers, this includes rebuilding stockpiles. With ove... Read more

Responding to the UK’s plan for light-touch customs processes for importing EU goods, post-Brexit, the European Union confirmed it will enforce full customs and regulatory checks. We review the steps that will need to be conducted to export goods to mainland EU from 1st January 2021 - It’�... Read more

The UK left the European Union on January 31, 2020 with the transition period ending on December 31, 2020 and while the recent easements announced by the government will ensure continuity of import flows from 1st January there will be abrupt and major changes for exports to the EU, unless there i... Read more

Andy is “relishing the opportunity that Brexit brings” because, working with our IT development team, he is pioneering the automation of EU and UK customs declaration requirements, to streamline freight movements into and out of the EU. Andy joined Metro nine years ago, as import manager, ... Read more

As an EU member, the UK was automatically part of 3 trade agreements (FTAs) with 37 partners that have come fully into force, FTAs with 43 partners, that are provisionally applied and FTA negotiations with another 19 countries. Whilst the deadline for requesting an extension is officially 30th... Read more

The government confirmed on Friday that it will not request or accept an extension to the Brexit transition period and is replacing full post-Brexit border controls, with new import easements that defer customs declarations and tariff payments until July 2021. Despite their protestations that ... Read more

Whether or not a trade agreement is reached with the EU, there will be new customs processing, declarations and EUVAT/Duty payments from the 1st January 2021. The Brexit transition period ends on 31st December 2020, with major alterations to trade procedures, that you should be prepared for, t... Read more

Guaranteeing your cargo will be UK import ready from the 1st January 2021 takes preparation. Or prepare for delays and additional costs. In the build-up to the earliest Brexit deadlines in 2019, HMRC announced a series of easements designed to simplify the movement of good from the EU into the... Read more