Ongoing customs movements and procedures at the end of the transition period
Find out what to do if you re moving goods or have goods in customs procedures at the end of the transition period.
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Customs movements that start ahead of the end of the transition period will continue under the rules in place when the movement started, provided the goods being moved have Union status.
Goods have Union status if they’re in free circulation in the EU, having either originated in the EU or having been imported from outside the EU and released for free circulation.
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The countdown to the end of the UK transition period is well underway. Businesses of all sizes must take urgent action if they want to continue to trade with Europe.
Firms will have to make a number of changes to make sure that goods, data, people and services can continue to flow smoothly between the UK and the EU.
The Government has put a range of measures in place to offer support to companies of all sizes on gov.uk/transition.
Major changes kick in on both sides of the English Channel from the New Year when the transformation resulting from the United Kingdom s departure from the European Union finally comes about.
The UK officially left the EU in January 2020, but a post-Brexit transition period has kept most existing arrangements in place. After its expiry on December 31, EU rules cease to apply to the UK.
The UK s departure from the EU s Single Market and Customs Union on January 1 brings major practical changes, regardless of the deal on trade and the future EU-UK relationship struck on Christmas Eve 2020 which preserved tariff-free, quota-free access to each other s markets.
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The new UK Global Tariff, that will replace the EU’s common external tariffs as the Brexit transition process ends on December 31, will be twice as beneficial for Indian exports than the EU’s existing rules, Elizabeth Truss, UK Secretary of State for International Trade has said.
Speaking at a virtual session on ‘post-Brexit UK and India’ at the CII Summit on Thursday, Truss said that she and Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will have to work with the industry on the ‘Enhanced Trade Partnership’ before the visit of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to India for the Republic Day celebration next month so that there was something significant for the two PMs to present.
Legislation for the UK’s independent tariff policy
Today the Government has taken the necessary steps to bring into legal effect the UK’s first independent global tariff regime for almost 50 years.
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16 December 2020
From the 1 January 2021 the UK Global Tariff will replace the EU’s Common External Tariff as the UK’s Most Favoured Nation tariff – the framework it will use to trade independently outside of free trade agreements.
The UK Global Tariff is tailored to the needs of the UK economy, backing British business to compete on the world stage.
It’s simpler to use, greener, and cuts red tape and other unnecessary barriers to trade. It will make it easier for businesses to import goods from overseas. Today, 16 December, steps will be taken to bring this into law, with the laying of Statutory Instruments before Parliament as part of a wider legislative package.