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Not me, I want him to buy the Dutch & Dutch. How the hell else am I going to hear them?

Fran wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:10 am

Not me, I want him to buy the Dutch & Dutch. How the hell else am I going to hear them?

I'm being hopeful that we get to Munich this year (September is the new date) and we'll get to hear all this great gear. Then come home and realise what we have at home meets and beats most of it.

Sloop John B wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:15 pm Conor Pope has the following Q&A in the IT today -

But hang on a second, I thought the Christmas Eve Deal meant Britain had tariff-free access to the Single Market. This doesn’t sound like tariff-free access to me.
Yeah, Pricewatch thought the same thing. So we got on to the Revenue people again. As ever, they were able to break it down for us in a way that made sense. The Withdrawal Agreement does indeed ensure tariff-free trade between the EU and the UK but – and this is the important bit – only when the origin of the goods is actually the UK.

What does that mean?
Revenue says “no tariffs will apply if goods entering the EU from the UK are proven to be of UK origin and a request for preferential treatment has been included on the customs declaration. Similarly no tariffs will apply if goods being exported to the UK from the EU are proven to be of EU origin.”

I am guessing that the fancy telly I want to buy on amazon.co.uk didn’t actually originate in the UK?
It seems unlikely to be honest. Similarly not many of the clothes or trainers you might see selling on popular UK-based websites were made in England, Scotland or Wales. If, however, you are in the market for a hand-knitted jumper from Cornwall made with wool from Cornish sheep then you should be all set.

This does seem to allow for a Bristish made speaker being a feasible purchase but trialling a Dutch and Dutch 8c via a UK dealer seems to be a victim of Brexit. - must brush up on my French!

.sjb

peelaaa wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:49 pm

Sloop John B wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:15 pm Conor Pope has the following Q&A in the IT today -

But hang on a second, I thought the Christmas Eve Deal meant Britain had tariff-free access to the Single Market. This doesn’t sound like tariff-free access to me.
Yeah, Pricewatch thought the same thing. So we got on to the Revenue people again. As ever, they were able to break it down for us in a way that made sense. The Withdrawal Agreement does indeed ensure tariff-free trade between the EU and the UK but – and this is the important bit – only when the origin of the goods is actually the UK.

What does that mean?
Revenue says “no tariffs will apply if goods entering the EU from the UK are proven to be of UK origin and a request for preferential treatment has been included on the customs declaration. Similarly no tariffs will apply if goods being exported to the UK from the EU are proven to be of EU origin.”

I am guessing that the fancy telly I want to buy on amazon.co.uk didn’t actually originate in the UK?
It seems unlikely to be honest. Similarly not many of the clothes or trainers you might see selling on popular UK-based websites were made in England, Scotland or Wales. If, however, you are in the market for a hand-knitted jumper from Cornwall made with wool from Cornish sheep then you should be all set.

This does seem to allow for a Bristish made speaker being a feasible purchase but trialling a Dutch and Dutch 8c via a UK dealer seems to be a victim of Brexit. - must brush up on my French!

.sjb

How would customs know that the 2nd hand amplifier(example) you are buying from the UK via a personal buyer was not of UK origin?. Surely the seller just writes on the customs form that it is a hifi amplifier and the purchase price? Most sellers would probably not even know if it was made in the uk or not? Even if it was a Uk brand, most are not even made in the UK, they are designed only.