{"id":7113,"date":"2019-02-04T18:54:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/brexit-customs-checks-to-be-simplified-in-no-deal-situation\/"},"modified":"2019-02-04T18:54:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:54:17","slug":"brexit-customs-checks-to-be-simplified-in-no-deal-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/brexit-customs-checks-to-be-simplified-in-no-deal-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit: Customs checks to be simplified in no-deal situation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lorries will be able to drive straight off ferries and Channel Tunnel trains without making customs declarations in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the government has announced.<\/p>\n

New guidance for importers and hauliers says firms would file a simplified form online in advance and pay duty later.<\/p>\n

Hauliers have warned that no-deal could result in long queues at Channel ports.<\/p>\n

The industry said firms would still not be ready for a “chaotic” EU exit – even with these simplified procedures. <\/p>\n

The UK is due to leave the EU at 23:00 GMT on Friday 29 March – with or without a deal. <\/p>\n

Theresa May has said she is “determined” to deliver Brexit on time, but a number of cabinet ministers have indicated they would be willing to agree to a short extension to finalise legislation.<\/p>\n

Under the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) plans<\/a>, what are being called “transitional simplified procedures” would be introduced for ferry routes from Europe, and for the Channel Tunnel, for at least a year if the UK leaves without a deal.<\/p>\n

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These would allow an importer to file a very short customs form – a “simplified frontier declaration” – only two hours before a lorry is due to cross the Channel by ferry, or one hour via the Channel Tunnel.<\/p>\n

The truck would then be able to drive straight into the UK without any further paperwork being done at the border. <\/p>\n

The importer would have to update the computer entry within 24 hours to tell HMRC the goods had arrived, and the duty would be payable as much as a month after the shipment had entered the UK.<\/p>\n

The temporary system would be reviewed after three months, but is expected to last more than a year.<\/p>\n

The latest guidance applies only to vehicles entering the UK, but additional customs checks may also be introduced for EU-bound lorries arriving at Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk in the event of no-deal.<\/p>\n

Charlie Elphicke, the Conservative MP for Dover – home to the UK’s busiest Channel port – described the plans as a “common sense move”.<\/p>\n

He said he had long argued that “checks can be done away from the border – so traffic can keep flowing smoothly”.<\/p>\n\n

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However, Rod Mackenzie, from the Road Haulage Association, said the guidance would not help trucking firms.<\/p>\n

“Business is simply not ready for a chaotic no-deal Brexit,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The systems aren’t in place, the staff are not trained, there isn’t the time in the day for hauliers and businesses to do all the paperwork,” he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Last month, a convoy of 89 lorries took part in two runs<\/a> from the disused Manston Airport, near Ramsgate in Kent, on a 20-mile route to the Port of Dover as part of an exercise to test plans for border disruption in the event of a no-deal Brexit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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