Janey Hill

Thank you - I've spoken to my supplier and they have agreed to supply revised Commercial Invoices with their REX now in the Declaration. Fingers crossed.

Hello again I now have all the documentation that accompanied the shipment and have managed to get into the "Claim back import duty and VAT" section, and the system recognises the MRN that the courier (DHL) has given me (which is not the one that the original supplier gave me!) I am a bit concerned about the documentation I need. The "Commercial Invoice" that accompanied the shipment is the one that the DHL's system generated from the information we gave it - we booked the shipment so that was done automatically. The MRN listed on that document is the one that our supplier gave us which DHL ignored and created their own. The supplier gave us a ProForma Invoice which does not have the REX number on the declaration of preferential origin. My question is - do I need to ask our supplier to generate a Commercial Invoice with the REX number embedded? or can I go anywhere with the documentation that I have? I don't want to start making claims that get rejected and having to repeat the work, that's just a waste of everyone's time. Janey

Following on from my recent query about Preferential tariffs, my supplier in the EU now has a REX number and as far as I can see, our imports of sails are now having the correct preferential tariff (0%) applied. We've previously paid the 3rd country rate of 12% on a number of imports. I understand that I can claim repayment of the duty paid on these - I am trying to enter claims on the website, but as soon as I enter the MRN, I get a message "Sorry, there is a problem with this MRN The MRN xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is invalid or there’s no duty or VAT in this MRN to claim." The MRN relates to a shipment that we paid £1477.55 duty on. The shipment in question contained 3 Sails - HS code is 63063000 - Sails. These were declared as having Preferential origin of Croatia, hence should have attracted duty of 0% under the TCA if the proper declaration was made. Due to the missing REX no, we were charged 12%. This was handled by the couriers - I can't see the declaration in our CDS dashboard. I am sure that I am doing something wrong, but I don't know what! Can anyone advise where I am going wrong?

Hi again - an update - I have spoken to the relevant manufacturer, and they've confirmed that they can declare the goods to be of Preferential EU Origin - in fact this declaration is already on their invoice. - They don't currently have a REX number, so they have now applied for one and will let us know when this is in place. - I've written to our usual couriers to ask what they need from us to ensure that we complete the declarations correctly so that they apply the the 0% tariff available under the TCA, rather than the default 3rd Country tariff being used at present. Hopefully this means that we will shortly be able to use this tariff, Thank you so much to @customs oldtimer and @HMRC Admin25 for all your help - we wouldn't have got this far without you!

Pear to Pear .

Hi OldTimer Thank you for your help - it sounds as though it's worth my time to continue investigating this! I will reach out to our supplier to see if believe that the products meet the RoO criteria and that they're happy to declare this. We don't generally use an agent - we raise the collection ourselves on our own courier account (DHL) and they handle the customs side of things for us - I guess I need to reach out to them to ask how they would want us to handle it. Many thanks once again.

We import a textile product (sail) made in the EU to the UK - at present we're paying 12% duty when it arrives. HS code is 6306 30 00 00 The product is wholly made in the EU - the thread thread spun, the cloth woven, the sail manufactured, everything. The manufacturing takes place in a factory in Croatia, it's shipped to us by the manufacturer's head office in Germany, so I believe it meets the Rules of Origin. The product price varies from around £2000 to upwards of £25000 I believe that under the TCA there is a preferential tariff of 0% which we could claim - is this correct? I understand that the exporter/manufacturer would have to make a declaration on the commercial invoice that accompanies the sail when it's shipped, stating that it meets the RoO - is this correct? Do they need to include a REX number? Please help me understand this - if we can claim the Preferential tariff it will make the product much more affordable to our UK customers.