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submitted 5 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

The UK's public spending watchdog said government expenditures on implementing new rules for post-Brexit imports would total some $6 billion. The report criticized "uncertainty" surrounding government plans.

Britain will spend at least 4.7 billion pounds ($6 billion, €5.5 billion) on implementing a new approach to import goods after exiting the EU customs market in 2020, the UK government's public spending watchdog said on Monday.

The UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016 but remained in the bloc's single market and customs union until 2021.

In 2021, the UK withdrew from the EU customs union and a new EU-UK Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA) went into effect.

The European Parliament said in a report that the trading of goods between the parties had become "burdensome" since Brexit and trade volumes had shrunk.

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[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 33 points 5 months ago

Where I am, there's an import tax on everything you order from the UK

But the post office has slapped their own €8 service charge on top of that

Literally everyone I know has stopped ordering stuff from UK companies

That's really gotta hurt an economy, big time

[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Yep.

There's dozens of UK companies that have essentially moved their operations to the EU to keep trading.

UK companies that are selling via country local distributors to businesses are doing ok.

But small time B2B and B2C is fucked.

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

You'd be surprised

John Lewis? Nope

White Company? Nope

Loads of big companies have just stopped delivering to EU

Fuckin nightmare trying to get teabags FFS

[-] Schal330@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

The true goal of Brexit, to hoard all our tea 🧐

[-] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yup, we opened an office and warehouse in Germany for EU sale instead of shipping into our UK HQ warehouse and out to the EU. The costs of the new German branch are far less than the costs for shipping into our UK HQ and back out to the EU.

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