All those fees are layered on top of any actual tariffs, destination country VAT, Brexit shipping surcharges etc.
And then of course there's the shipping fee itself.
Basically, every link in the chain is demanding a supplementary payment for the time/hassle/extra effort of dealing with Brexit.
Genius stuff.
Brexit Kills Business.
Oh, and by the way, all those extra fees include 0 minutes for the original firm to prepare the extra information that will be needed for all the documentation.
In practice, that will drag their employees away from other work. And that has a cost too.
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Here are 250+ examples of firms that have stopped serving the UK/NI/EU markets, or which have been forced to make major changes to their business models as a direct result of Brexit.
"Scottish seafood firms are 'days from collapse' due to Brexit border chaos - as langoustine fishing boss threatens to dump TONS of rotting stock outside Downing Street if crisis isn't resolved"
"Government will use post-Brexit shake up of workers' rights to ‘stimulate business growth’ amid claims 48 hour working week could be scrapped and holiday and legal requirements for breaks will be overhauled"
"£34bn Brexit VAT bill pushes companies to the brink"
UK companies are having to find massive amounts of cash to pay new VAT bills on their exports, as a result of Brexit. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/brexit-va…
Why? It's COMPLICATED. This blog post explains it extremely well.
Short-n-sweet version: any firm which doesn't want to annoy their clients (probably fatally) by making them do all the paperwork & cover EU VAT will have to take on the task & cost itself. avalara.com/vatlive/en/vat…
Here's an example of the other side of the equation (the case of Ireland).
As they point out, the VAT on imports is due immediately at the point of import, unless the trader signs up for deferred payment (which buys them a few weeks grace). revenue.ie/en/vat/goods-a…
Before Brexit, the burden of the infinitesimal amount of red tape required to export to the EU in commercial quantities fell entirely on the exporter.
But now, the hyper-convoluted system requires the importer receiving the goods to jump through a number of complex hoops too.
In other words, the UK firm can be as ready as it likes. But if it can't persuade its counterpart to take all the right steps in just the right order too, the goods won't get through.
(Same logic applies in reverse to EU firms selling into the UK)
No wonder there are no queues!
HMRC's official estimate for the annual cost of Brexit red tape is £7.5 billion for UK firms... and another £7.5 billion for EU firms.
Thing is, UK firms now have no choice. The mountain of red tape is required no matter who they trade with, anywhere!