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This year has been a nightmare for my business in terms of international shipping. This example is a tale of a series of cockups and a very patient customer, especially as it is a big ticket item.
I have an order from a chap in the Netherlands, no problem, booked the shipment with DPD via an agent, customs declaration, off it goes. The parcels (consignment of 2) make their way to NL, where they are held in customs. DPD fails to contact the customer to let them know they have VAT to pay, so it sits in customs and gets returned, all without contacting me or the customer. The parcels are returned to the shipping agent who arrange for reshipment with DHL, goes off no problem, buyer pays the VAT. When it arrives, there s actually only one parcel, and as it turns out, DPD only returned one of the parcels to the agent, the other one is lost.
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The latest advice from the UK government is encapsulated in its ‘Customs Notice 8: Sailing your pleasure craft to and from the UK’. What’s more Form C1331 must be filled in by anyone planning to take a vessel in or out of the UK’s 12-mile limit.
Logistically, all this means a few fundamental changes to the EU cruising rules. For instance, UK boats will only be able to clear customs in ‘major ports’ within the EU.
This may not be too big an inconvenience for occasional voyages from the UK mainland but is likely to come as a blow to owners in the Channel Islands where regular short visits to some of the smaller harbours and marinas on the Cherbourg and Brittany peninsulas are routine events.
Using CHIEF for declaring goods into or out of Northern Ireland
Find out when you will still be able to use CHIEF for declaring goods into or out of Northern Ireland.
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In due course, all declarations into and out of Northern Ireland will need to be made using the Customs Declaration Service. Using the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (
CHIEF) system for Northern Ireland declarations will be reviewed by HMRC and you will be told when to stop using it.
CHIEF can still be used for declaring goods entering Northern Ireland from outside the UK and EU.
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) Turns 150
SFAI 150 | A Spirit of Disruption
The San Francisco Art Institute celebrates its 150th anniversary with an exhibition and podcast series reflecting on the school s extraordinary and diverse legacy
Exhibition on view: March 19 July 3, 2021
Are you listening? Podcast and web series begins March 19, 2021
Curated by Margaret Tedesco and Leila Weefur
The San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2021 with A Spirit of Disruption, an exhibition that reflects on the school s profound and sustained influence on contemporary art and highlights the contributions of generations of diverse artists and individuals often overlooked in the historical narrative of SFAI. A Spirit of Disruption includes the work of more than thirty alumni and faculty from the 1960s to the present; a dynamic media installation drawn from SFAI s vast archive; and a section dedicated to artist model Florence Flo Wysinger Allen, the subject o