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That's incorrect. You're muddled between cause and effect. The changes in non EU VAT are a result of leaving the EU. The charging of VAT on Chinese imports is a UK policy to prevent Chinese sellers undercutting domestic suppliers by 20%. HMRC has been playing whackamole for some time on this.
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Which is why we’re making zero checks on the border for ground freight and haven’t been since 1st Jan. or something
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Agreed, but I thought one of the goals of Brexit was allowing UK to have free trading with the all world! Now as soon as we leave we start enforcing VAT charges on imports from China!? Oh... the irony...
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Nope, I didn't say anything about cause and effect. What I said was that the only way of not having to pay import VAT was to be part of a customs union. Which is correct. The changes to how VAT is charged on non-EU imports isn't something I mentioned at all.
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PedroPinto
Brommers
Only way you're going to avoid paying VAT on imports is if you're part of a customs union. We used to be part of a customs union with 27 of our largest trading partners. It's called the EU.