Brexit related new bike tariffs (+14%) :-(

moonshine

It looks like another brexit bonus -
The wife’s new bike (from a major Eu manufacturer) will be subject to a 14% tariff.
It has been on order for 7-8 months, and was due for delivery in early Jan, but it looks like it is only managing to get supplied by the manufacturer to the UK dealer in the next few weeks due to Brexit related delays.
I guess the 14% tariff is due to “rules of origin” - but surprisingly e-bikes are exempt from the tariff under the deal.

the reasons for the price increases are cited as follows:

• Container price for bike parts and frames going into the EU from Asia (source) have increased 7 fold since the Covid-19 pandemic, and this is due to a lack of containers around the world, so the demand out weighs the supply and therefore the price increased.
  
• There has been a relatively low increase on E-Bikes as within the deal, these are considered Tariff- Free items (Great news!), however the increase is due to the freight costs increasing to the UK.
  
• There is now a 14% tariff on any bicycle imported from the EU to the UK and visa versa, which has had to have been reflected in the bike prices - this additional cost is being passed onto the consumer and therefore the RRP has had to reflect this. On top of this 14% freight costs are also factored in too.
  
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flasher

Double whammy, Brexit and Covid, the gifts that keep giving.

MattFalle

but at least you lot got blue passports and sovreignty, eh....

kingstongraham

MattFalle said:

but at least you lot got blue passports and sovreignty, eh....

Yes! I'm going to really enjoy using my new passport when I go on my holiday this year to... oh.

moonshine

Ive got an Irish passport as well... Phew!
They also said they cannot send bikes via UK to IRE - so they are having to ship bikes to IRE direct.....

thistle_

moonshine said:

They also said they cannot send bikes via UK to IRE - so they are having to ship bikes to IRE direct.....

I read somewhere that you can physically ship via the UK but you have to pay 14% when it comes into the UK then 14% when it goes into IRE/EU.
I thought you could claim it back as it was being re-exported but the businesses being interviewed seemed to think not.

moonshine

They said they were just bypassing UK and exporting EU -> IRE by sea - i presume to avoid paying import duties.
- as i think it can only avoid paying import duties twice if it passes directly through the UK with no warehousing - see M&S Percy Pigs article...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/55648201

orraloon

#blue(ish)passports

It's da will of da peepul innit. I'm just off to put leaded petrol in my world beating beige Austin Allegro before visiting the gammon farm.

elbowloh

orraloon said:

#blue(ish)passports

It's da will of da peepul innit. I'm just off to put leaded petrol in my world beating beige Austin Allegro before visiting the gammon farm.

Just don't do what David Cameron done with the pigs.

daniel_b

Who could have predicted this happening.