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BOSS Today #51

e’ve been talking to the government be aware of. As we know, the signing of “IN ORDER TO AVOID PAYING
Wfrequently since 1 January, raising the UK-EU trade deal means that most TARIFFS, ALL TRADERS MUST
your queries around diverse matters traders moving goods between the UK
such as product labelling, rules of origin and EU will avoid paying tariffs. MAKE SURE THEY MEET THE
and customs documentation. We’ll keep However, in order to avoid paying RELEVANT RULES OF ORIGIN
talking to them, so please keep sharing tariffs, all traders must make sure they
your experiences with us. meet the relevant Rules of Origin (RoO) (ROO) FOR THEIR PRODUCTS
for their products and make a declaration AND MAKE A DECLARATION
Trade support to say so. Go to our website to copy and
The Brexit SME Support Fund eventually paste a template exporter’s declaration TO SAY SO.”
opened for applications on 15 March. and read our Q&A.
The Fund is actually open to bigger
businesses too – you can access it if Northern Ireland latest
you have up to 500 employees and a If you’re trading between GB and NI, you
£100 million turnover. If you import or will need an EORI number that starts with
export goods between Great Britain and XI in order to continue.
the EU, or move goods between Great This is different to your GB EORI number,
Britain and Northern Ireland, you can get and you will also need your GB EORI
up to £2,000 to pay for training and/or number to apply for your XI EORI number.
professional advice. If you do not have a GB EORI number, you
So, if you need help completing can apply for both at the same time. The
customs declarations, managing customs application process takes 5-10 minutes.
processes, using customs software Hopefully, if you trade with NI, you will
and systems or understanding specific have already signed up for the Trader
import and export related aspects, Support Service (TSS) that we have
including VAT, excise and rules of previously told you about. Although the
origin, apply now. Go to https://www. TSS takes a lot of the work out of your
customsintermediarygrant.co.uk/sme- hands, the Northern Ireland Customs &
brexit-support-fund. Trade Academy is offering free training
once you have signed up. It is all online
Rules of origin – what you need to do and more courses are coming soon. There
There is new information relevant to are also webinars that you can play back For further information contact
Rules of Origin that you may need to at any time. carys.davis@bpif.org.uk

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