I have been interviewed on national Radio a few times this week and the same question came up each time. Has the governments pledge to make importation easier materialised. The simple answer is no, it considerably more difficult. Here is the difference for the record.
Pre-Brexit (for wine imports) you required and Vat/EORI number and access to U.K. EMCS. That was it if you did it all in house and both were/are free to use.
Post Brexit requirements ,VAT/EORI number, U.K. EMCS, RORO licence, CHIEF/CDS access, haulier with GVMS access, & if you want to control your declarations both import and export fully, GBWK number, GBRC numbers. Your also need a full time employee trained to use all of this.
So from free to use and hassle free where just in time delivery was standard, to extra expense of £50,000 per year just to maintain our services at status quo and we have to plan as ship up to 4 months in advance. So is Brexit working? No it’s not. Its really is a simple as that.
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