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12/11/2020
Job alert! New vacancies online
Would you like a new job this year as a consultant with customs expertise? We would love to get in touch with you! We are for our Consultancy branch, looking for colleagues who know their way around and have expertise in the areas of origin, classification and more. Are you looking for a new and …
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12/11/2020
Trade Deals Around the World: November 2020 Edition
A quick round-up of news on trade deals for the past month. The United Kingdom and Ukraine While the United Kingdom is still negotiating with the European Union on the Brexit Deal, it has signed another free trade agreement. The first one was with Japan, which we wrote about in last month’s edition …
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24/11/2020
Brexit Deal Close. Most Issues Agreed!
This week wasn’t the final week of negotiations , but word on the street is that a Brexit deal is very close! Biggest Issues (Almost) Resolved The biggest issues, fishing rights and a level playing field are still on the table, but the gap between the United Kingdom and the European Union on these …
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25/11/2020
Dutch Customs Paying Closer Attention to Low-Value Consumer Goods
The Dutch Customs Authority has recently announced that it will be paying closer attention to the customs value of textiles, handbags and shoes which are imported into the EU via the Netherlands. They will also be paying closer attention to goods purchased online, via e-commerce platforms and …
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3/12/2020
The Benefits of State of the Art Automation
There is a lot of manual entry of data. A lot of forms and documents are processed by hand, with customs specialists reading the documents, looking for the data that they need. These manual processes have two main disadvantages: they are time-consuming and error-prone. Game-Changing Innovations …
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5/12/2020
3 Potential Outcomes for Brexit and What Companies Can Do to Prepare
It is December 2020. Less than 27 days until Brexit. There is still no deal and the European Union and the United Kingdom keep extending the deadline. At least this means that there is still a deal in sight. There currently seem to be 3 options on the table for January 1st, when the transition …
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8/12/2020
Port of Antwerp Goes Live with Certified Pick up
Like thePort of Rotterdam, the Port of Antwerp is digitizing and optimizing processes. The latest step the Port has taken is to improve the process for releasing containers. The current process has a relatively high risk of misuse. The Current Process Currently, containers are released to truck …
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14/12/2020
Brexit Update - Deadline Passed, But Negotiations Still Going
The Same Three Stumbling Blocks The stumbling blocks for the negotiations are still the same. 1. Fishing Rights: while fishing contributes only marginally to the British economy, Johnson has made it a big point to deny European ships to fish in British waters or give them very limited access for …
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22/12/2020
In Case of No Deal: What Does Trading Under WTO Rules Mean?
If the United Kingdom and the European Union don’t agree on a trade deal before the transition period ends on December 31st 2020, the United Kingdom will become a third country and there will be no more free movement of goods between the United Kingdom and the remaining member states of the …
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23/12/2020
Customs Impact on a No Deal Brexit
With an ultimate deadline on 31 December 2020 and still no deal between EU and UK, changes are coming into force. The impact starting 1 January 2021. We highlight the most important challenges: Import and export documents required starting 1 January 2021 Credit limits are maintained. Be prepared to …