{"id":5557,"date":"2023-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bpddev2.uk\/clients2023\/metro\/european-division-continues-expansion\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T08:59:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T08:59:10","slug":"european-division-continues-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bpddev2.uk\/clients2023\/metro\/news\/european-division-continues-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"European division continues expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Five months ago European Director, Richard Gibbs, outlined his vision for Metro\u2019s road freight and short sea services, in developing the business\u2019 capability across the EU. Today, he updates us on his progress and next priorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince the start of the year we have been working very closely with our continental partners and carriers to add new \u2018lanes\u2019 to our transport network, extending the scope of our regular services, alongside our daily EU-wide FTL and LTL services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the same time we\u2019ve been increasing our operational capacity, by growing the European team and adding new freight centres and groupage hubs in Leicester (Desford) and Manchester.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cService design has a been a primary point of focus, but so too has customs compliance solutions&nbsp;and&nbsp;advanced&nbsp;technology, to deliver visibility, control and supporting services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe development of the CuDoS customs platform by our technical services team and the digitising of customs compliance has been a \u2018game-changer\u2019 for our customers and particularly those trading with Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUsing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning CuDos optimises data capture and customs declaration processes, with an SLA of 98% on turnaround times of under two hours and record turnaround speeds under 8 mins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince Brexit, the UK is considered as a third country and transactions with the EU are no longer intra-community, but&nbsp;considered as imports and exports, which means that VAT and duties need to be paid in the&nbsp;country of import, creating a trade barrier for many exporters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome EU importers are comfortable arranging import clearances and our standard T form services accommodate these movements, across single and multiple borders. However, some EU importers do not want to arrange import clearances, which is why we have created a range of options that allow UK exporters to complete transactions with their EU customers simply and seamlessly and even as if it were a domestic transaction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe options are varied and can be adapted to suit specific transactions and customer relationships. They are listed below, but really require further explanation, which we will provide in a future post &#8211; or you can EMAIL me now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Delivered Duty Paid or \u2018DDP\u2019 Incoterm means the exporter takes responsibility for the transport&nbsp;of the goods and customs formalities in the UK and EU, by becoming the&nbsp;\u2018Importer of record\u201d in France (or another member state) taking the burden away from your&nbsp;customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&#8211; Regime 42 is for DDP transiting France for another EU destination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&#8211; Regime 40 is for DDP shipments where the exporter has a French VAT number enabling clearance in France for free circulation in the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&#8211; DDP Light is where the consignee authorises their VAT number to be used as the importer of record but any duty is paid by the exporter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To learn more about our expanded European capability, including our CuDoS and EU\/DDP solutions <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:richard.gibbs@metroshipping.co.uk\"><strong>EMAIL<\/strong><\/a><strong> Richard Gibbs.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five months ago European Director, Richard Gibbs, outlined his vision for Metro\u2019s road freight and short sea services, in developing the business\u2019 capability across the EU. 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