Tudor International Freight share their Best Practice advise ahead of Brexit deadline

Tudor International Freight has warned businesses not to under-estimate the impact that Brexit will have on the movement of goods come 1 January 2021, when, at the time of writing, the UK’s transition period ends.

With supply chains focussing on the current global lockdown of economies resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic; it could be easy to overlook the impact of substantial changes to the flow of goods between the UK and EU member countries from next year.

The Brexit transition period is, at the time of writing, due to end on 31 December 2020 with the UK government indicating it does not want an extension.

As of August 2019, there were approximately 240,000 exporting businesses trading only with the EU and who will be completing customs declarations for the first time from the start of next year. In addition, HMRC have indicated that they expect the number of customs declarations to increase from 65 million a year to 300 million a year once the UK leaves the Customs Union.

Traders in the UK are able to complete Customs declarations themselves, however they will require a lot of information and knowledge to do so. Customs brokers will likely to be overwhelmed with the increase in numbers and this has led to some businesses in the UK signing agreements with a Customs broker to ensure that their goods do not experience delays when transiting to or from the EU.

It is imperative that businesses do not forget about Brexit and that they continue to make plans for the UK’s eventual exit from the EU.


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