by Lucinda O'Reilly | Aug 12, 2024 | Blog
Introduction One of the questions most frequently asked by importers and exporters is how much import duty they or their customers will have to pay. It would be convenient if there were an import duty calculator but unfortunately I haven’t found a reliable one yet!...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | Aug 11, 2024 | Blog
From 13th December 2024 updates to the General Product Safety Regulation come into force in the EU. Anyone selling product in the EU or Northern Ireland must comply with the new rules that encompass having a “Responsible Person” to represent you on safety related...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | Aug 1, 2024 | News
The US has eased its export controls programme in order to allow improved technology sharing with the other members of the AUKUS security agreement, Australia and the UK. The US State Department has informed Congress that it considers Australia and the UK to have...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | Jul 1, 2024 | News
A South African trade minister has voiced opposition to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) at a recent meeting of the BRICS bloc of nations in Russia. The EU’s CBAM, which imposes levies on goods which have manufacturing processes resulting in higher...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | Jul 1, 2024 | Blog
Many businesses don’t understand that their goods are classified as ‘dual-use’ so that, despite being intended for an innocuous end-use, they could also have military applications that make them subject to controls. The breadth of goods that fall in this category is...
