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Feb 7 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I have been importing wine for years and after Brexit happened we continued with our imports despite the pain and endless documentation. Today for the first time my consignment was stopped by customs due to missing paperwork. I was somewhat surprised. 1/2
We do our documents in advance to avoid border issues. On checking all our documents had been created correctly. However HMRC changed the rules again & now you need code RRS01 in box 44. Zero notification from HMRC! We just avoided a £600 fine for delaying the lorry. 🤬#Brexit
Overnight I have seen yet another change with this consignment. The stock arrived in Dover at 23.47. I know this because even though the stock is bonded and we don’t get to check it until tomorrow, HMRC has cleared it down as arrived in full. What if stock is wrong/missing ? 🤬
So now I understand why hauliers are so fed up with GMR/GVMS. These were our first 2022 clearances and it’s even worse than thought. Less red tape my arse. This government literally want to make it as hard as possible to trade with the EU. Consumer are paying the extra costs.
Finally I just want to quantify the extra cost here. Pre-Brexit paperwork was FREE and really simple. Post Brexit 6 new paperwork requirements 1 old. Logistics from £165 per pallet to £405. New full time staff member to deal with this circus. Result big inflation on wine! #Brexit

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Daniel Lambert (Wines). 🇪🇺🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍇🥂 Profile picture
Feb 9
I have now had time to read why my stock was stopped on Monday evening and understand why. The new Government systems that came into force on the 1st Jan 2022 are straight out of George Orwell 1984, which Is ironic really because the same age as the U.K. Chief importing system.
Basically the government has linked three computer systems so that they don’t have to fiscally stop lorry drivers unless of course the system hasn’t worked. Now whilst the idea is actually clever as ever with this government nobody thinks about the practical use of the system.
So here how it works, CHIEF receives your pre advice importer info for what ever you have ordered in my case wine obviously. We now add the new coding (RRS01) in Box 44 (code box)header level. This then tell the CHIEF system to make the declaration available on the GVMS System.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). 🇪🇺🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍇🥂 Profile picture
Jan 23
Just so that @trussliz and @RishiSunak understand correctly. The UK wine trade works on a global basis & has a much better understanding of trading across borders than any government ministers like @Helen_Whately will ever have.
Just ask @VictoriaPrentis what happen when her department didn’t think it through with the Vi1 saga. She was made to u-turn. Now we have the same situation with the Excise Reform Proposal. This is a badly thought through piece of proposed law that should of never been published
Now @trussliz has been caught out in Australia because wine importers across the UK have been explaining the implications to there producers. Surprise surprise the producers have gone directly to the Australian government to voice just how pissed off they are at being conned.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). 🇪🇺🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍇🥂 Profile picture
Jan 9
I have actually taken the time to make a spreadsheet with the proposal for the excise reform proposal. My spreadsheet shows me that an average bottle based on 13.5% would cost the consumer £0.69 per bottle more based on all other costs remaining the same.
If that bottle has just 1% more ABV at 14.5% then the price increase per bottle is £1.03. Again with no other fix costs changing. Moreover the reduction on Fizz has almost no effect on the retail prices. There would be no benefit to the consumer.
So once again in the cold light of day this wonderful proposal from @RishiSunak is based on nothing but hot air. Higher prices for consumers, no gain on tax revenues, but an unworkable regime for the actual importers.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). 🇪🇺🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍇🥂 Profile picture
Jan 5
Hey @RishiSunak can you explain to the world how moving from 4 levels (bands) of wine taxation to 26 levels (your proposal) is simplifying the excise system. Would really like to know. Maybe I am missing something because seems more complicated. So don’t be shy guy, let us know.
Hey me again @RishiSunak. Looking like 112,000 people would like you to answer this question or do I have to get @CPJElmore to do it in Parliament. Be a good egg and answer the question.
When is duck not a duck? Below is the proposal from government for #wine excise reform. Read very carefully bullet point 3. Its very cleverly written and designed to confuse.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). 🇪🇺🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍇🥂 Profile picture
Jan 5
It would seem the drinks industry is not shouting loudly enough about the ridiculous excise reform announcement back in October. As I have already said serval times the proposal from government is frankly bollocks.
It would seem to me that the proposal was opened to the trade to object because the government knows there proposal is unworkable. They know Chief/CDS would not cope with 26 tax brackets. But rather than doing their job they want the industry to do the job for them.
Moreover called the proposal a Brexit dividend clearly shows you that they have nothing, nothing at all. This reform could have been done at anytime in the past 40 years. So to be blunt it’s got fuck all to do with Brexit. It is however a great chance to gaslight.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). 🇪🇺🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍇🥂 Profile picture
Dec 28, 2021
So over the past three days some journalists made up a story about pint sized champagne bottles. Not wine journalists (they actually tell the truth and do a fantastic job so the public can be educated), no your regular mainstream journalists.
Now why is this remotely important? It’s important because it’s so irrelevant. These journalists didn’t have anything to put in their papers so decided to create a story which is utter bollocks. Now they know most people know very little about wine.
So on that basis you can write whatever you like & most people will believe it because it’s in the paper. Problem is if there doing that on something that doesn’t really matter you have to ask the question. What bollocks are they making up on the important shit that does matter?
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