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Tariffs & Finance

Reclaim What’s Rightfully Yours: Optimising Customs Duty Payments with Advanced Analytics

20 July 2023
Discover how our advanced analytics tool revolutionises the process of analysing, quantifying and the reclaim of overpaid Customs Duty. Enabling UK-based businesses to unlock hidden savings and boost their financial ...
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EU & Japan - Food Import Restrictions
Agrifood

EU Lifts the Fukushima Restrictions for Food from Japan

19 July 2023
On July 13 2023, the President of the EU Commission announced that the EU Commission is lifting the import restrictions for food from Japan, introduced after the nuclear accident at Fukushima in ...
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Tariffs & Finance

Why HMRC Customs Duty and Import VAT Calculations Aren’t Always Right

11 July 2023
When it comes to importing goods into the UK, businesses must navigate a complex landscape of customs duties and import value-added tax (VAT). However, relying solely on HM Revenue and ...
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Agrifood

UK Food Import Controls confirmed from October 2023

6 April 2023
The UK Government has published plans to implement UK food import controls on agrifood products from the EU beginning 31st October 2023. The UK Government plans to introduce a risk-based ...
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Agrifood

Duty Suspension Approved! How we helped our UK Food Client

31 March 2023
A UK-based food manufacturing business, had been struggling with the high taxes associated with importing finished products from the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA). The client approached ...
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Brexit

“Isn’t EU Trade supposed to be free?”

24 November 2022
"Isn't EU Trade supposed to be free?". So, why do 19% of all EU to UK imports pay Customs Duty & Import VAT?
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Brexit

How do I reclaim overpaid Customs Duty

15 November 2022
HMRC have seen up to £750m increase in the overpayment of Customs Duties since 2020. Traders are entitled to reclaim all of their overpaid Customs Duty up to 3 years ...
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Brexit

UK Food Import Controls Postponed into 2023: Government and the correct Trader response

5 October 2022
The UK Government has announced the postponement of checks on imported food and fresh products from the EU until the end of 2023.
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Tariffs & Finance

“How would I know if I’ve overpaid Customs Duty?”

30 September 2022
There's only one way to really if your business has overpaid Customs Duties & import VAT since Brexit; request your MSS Data from HMRC. From our own Client data, we ...
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