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(1/3) Just to explain this:
After Brexit, businesses trading with Europe will officially become importers and exporters, which significantly increases their bureacratic burden.
Getting an EORI number is step 1. If you don't have one your stuff can't cross borders.
After Brexit, businesses trading with Europe will officially become importers and exporters, which significantly increases their bureacratic burden.
Getting an EORI number is step 1. If you don't have one your stuff can't cross borders.
(2/3) Getting one isn't hard, but the percentage of businesses doing so is still horrifyingly low.
Some businesses groups are calling for the government to automatically issue EORIs to all businesses it knows about.
Some businesses groups are calling for the government to automatically issue EORIs to all businesses it knows about.
(3/3) The government has so far refused, because an EORI is just one requirement and a fairly easy one.
It want getting an EORI to be the on-ramp to the process of preparing to trade with Europe, and does not want to give the impression preparing is something it can do for you.
It want getting an EORI to be the on-ramp to the process of preparing to trade with Europe, and does not want to give the impression preparing is something it can do for you.
