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How to build your business in the EU

Chapters

  1. The UK‑EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
  2. Preferential origin and general rules of origin
  3. Product‑specific rules of origin and how to apply them
  4. HS codes, declarations and incoterms
  5. Handling import VAT in the EU
  6. Customs procedures and formalities
  7. Compliance checks and certifications for goods
  8. Authorised economic operator status

Contents

Overview

Duration
38:42

Leverage the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement to grow your business, profits and customer base.

Description

Maximise your EU trade by leveraging the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) to grow your business, profits, and customer base. The TCA provides reduced tariffs for UK goods and services sold to European customers. Review what the TCA means for you, relevant regulations and controls, and check if rules of origin (ROO) apply to your products.

  • Understand the specific border-controls for goods being moved to/from the EU
  • Navigate the UK-EU TCA to understand how you can confidently sell your goods to European customers
  • Understand how to interpret and apply product-specific rules of origin when selling to the EU

Speakers

Megan Childs

Assistant Manager, International Trade Services, Business West

Megan has been with the International Trade Services team at Business West for over 2 years as an International Trade Documentation Specialist, qualified for issuance of Certificates of Origin, EUR1s and ATA Carnets.

Megan is now overseeing the team of documentation specialists, and is taking a lead on developing services to help exporters with preferential origin claims and Free Trade Agreements, with a view to enhance exporter compliance, reduce costs and grow international markets.