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treez
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Hello,
Sorry to speak of Brexit here.
Many UK companies now import electronics from China and avoid the EU import tariff, because they pretend that they have made the products themselves, here in UK.
The Chinese manufacturer even stamps the British company's name on the PCB inside the product. Very often, the product comes direct from China to the UK customer, and never enters the UK company premises. When customs officials occasionally stop a shipment, the Chinese manufacturer then pretends that they bought the products from the UK's (token) manufacturing setup, and that they are now returning them to UK because they are the wrong power level, color, etc etc.....does the trick...customs disappear and are none the wiser.
When UK leaves the EU, UK companies will not have to pay this tariff anyway, because they will be out of the EU.
Currently, UK companies that import Chinese electronics have a small set of home made products, …kind of a ‘token’ design/manufacturing setup, so that its more believeable that they actually can make stuff themselves……(in fact, truthfully, even this small set of products are initially designed in China). This keeps the customs officials conveniently at bay
Anyway, if UK leaves the EU, then there will be no need to have this “token” design/manufacturing operation, and any UK company will in fact be able to import what it likes from China, and not have to pay any import tariff to anyone.
What this in fact means is that anybody, regardless of whether or not they are a company with a fake, token set of electronics products, will be able to import cheap stuff from China. As such, the small ‘token’ design/manufacture industry that UK currently has will die off…and there will be no electronics industry left in UK whatsoever…..however, if UK government elects to raise tariffs on Chinese imports, then this will not be the case……so what do you think?....will the UK government put tariffs on Chinese imports into UK post Brexit?
Sorry to speak of Brexit here.
Many UK companies now import electronics from China and avoid the EU import tariff, because they pretend that they have made the products themselves, here in UK.
The Chinese manufacturer even stamps the British company's name on the PCB inside the product. Very often, the product comes direct from China to the UK customer, and never enters the UK company premises. When customs officials occasionally stop a shipment, the Chinese manufacturer then pretends that they bought the products from the UK's (token) manufacturing setup, and that they are now returning them to UK because they are the wrong power level, color, etc etc.....does the trick...customs disappear and are none the wiser.
When UK leaves the EU, UK companies will not have to pay this tariff anyway, because they will be out of the EU.
Currently, UK companies that import Chinese electronics have a small set of home made products, …kind of a ‘token’ design/manufacturing setup, so that its more believeable that they actually can make stuff themselves……(in fact, truthfully, even this small set of products are initially designed in China). This keeps the customs officials conveniently at bay
Anyway, if UK leaves the EU, then there will be no need to have this “token” design/manufacturing operation, and any UK company will in fact be able to import what it likes from China, and not have to pay any import tariff to anyone.
What this in fact means is that anybody, regardless of whether or not they are a company with a fake, token set of electronics products, will be able to import cheap stuff from China. As such, the small ‘token’ design/manufacture industry that UK currently has will die off…and there will be no electronics industry left in UK whatsoever…..however, if UK government elects to raise tariffs on Chinese imports, then this will not be the case……so what do you think?....will the UK government put tariffs on Chinese imports into UK post Brexit?