The Brexit Lies.

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U.K. companies already have a EORI number Regis but now require one issued by an Eu country since Jan 1st and these have only been available since 1st Jan.

The Germans are being t w a t s about sending these numbers out, they have them but they’re dribbling them out to frustrate U.K. business.

You can apply to Holland or any other Eu country for one but if the Germans have already allocated you a number then you have to wait until they decide to send you it.

Meanwhile, our HMRC have made it easy for Eu counties by just adding three zeros to the EORI code Eu customers were previously using.

We’ve made it easy for them and they are being tossers in return, this should have been reciprocal!

If there was another Brexit vote now it wouldn’t even be close, it’d be nearer 60-40 to going back in I guess.

I’m staggered at the fishermen though.

The Eu accounts for a third of my sales but it was 70% of theirs.........I posted months ago that the fishermen would get thrown under the bus to get the deal done but I never heard a single fisherman say that 70% of his catch was sold to the Eu.

Hi Mick
Posted on the takeover thread before it was hijacked that 123 was right about EU exports. It was lovely to hear we would control our destiny, this that and the other, but the reality is as 123 pointed out - it's 1 v 27 so it's unlikely to ever happen. I admitted, I got this wrong. I bet those dinghies are still coming in as before and there's certainly been no voices loud and clear of how it's going to be stopped. Speak to anyone who has been away who is supposed to self isolate and the checks involved - most have said to me it's a complete joke. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the UK have one of the worst records for the virus!

In terms of our EU shipments and we do a huge volume - we have decided as a business to take a hit on the EU import and taxation charges otherwise lose orders. This could work out to be around 10% on our bottom line. We have huge volumes with DHL and their road shipments were only suspended until Tuesday 5th January but NOTHING changes with the EORI number - you do not need with DHL a EORI number by country and you can use the same EORI number which was always used. DHL have an automated system so their paperwork is straight forward so we don't need to change the EORI whatsoever - just complete contents of each shipment and their value. We have even changed the automation on the DHL system so all fees go back to our account so from a EU customer perspective - nothing changes and each shipment sails through without any hassle or fees to pay for them. More time consuming printing off two sets of customs declaration forms ( 6 copies in total ) to be attached to two places on every box.

It's the hit on the bottom line where 123 was right about! Even with the hit on the bottom line we can't afford to lose a huge amount of orders by not absorbing the customers fees as we have many EU customers and they simply will not order with another hit on purchase costs paid to us.