UK’s Exit Customs Policy

Dinesh Unadkat
Dinesh Unadkat
Director - Customs & Excise Compliance, J. D. Consultants Ltd, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Published 28 Feb 2019
UK’s Exit Customs Policy
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Case law
Trade policy
How the customs formalities will be executed in the UK in case of hard Brexit? This was one of the key subjects discussed at the UK association for international trade ACITA meeting on 6 February in London. In this article we overview the presentation of HM Revenue & Customs on EU Exit Customs Policy.

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