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| Southampton Freight Services Ltd | new courier system | |
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| Welcome to our new courier system with a handy calculator for non-hazardous shipments on this page. Please note all importers in France must now have a VAT number. For hazardous prices and any other questions please just ask a member of the SFS Team who will gladly assist you. Either email courier@sotonfreight.co.uk for international, ukwhse@sotonfreight.co.uk for domestic or phone 023 80860999
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| The Windsor Framework Part 1 of 2 | Part 1 of 2 | |
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| The Uk Government has issued guidance on changes for parcels moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, as of 30th September 2024.The changes mean that additional data will need to be provided depending on the type of sender and receiver. This is summarised as follows. All senders. A goods description, in plain English, must be provided for each item in the shipment.In addition, you'll also need to provide each item's weight, value and origin. Business to Business (B2B) shipments: For B2B shipments, additional information will be required, and action is recommended now to prepare for the change. Please refer to the 'green' and 'red' lane guidance below.
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| The Windsor Framework part 2 of 2 | Part 2 of 2 | |
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| 'Green' lane shipments For B2B shipments with goods that will stay in Northern Ireland, they can move under the 'green' lane as determined by the UK Internal Market Scheme (UKIMS). The sender or receivers UKIMS number must be provided to move goods under the green lane. The holder of the UKIMS Number will need to be declared as the importer of Record. If you're the sender and it is the business recipient in Northern Ireland that will provide the UKIMS please forward this info and ask them to provide their UKIMS. Red' lane shipments If your B2B goods do not qualify under UKIMS and are therefore considered at risk of leaving Northern Ireland, a full international dataset will be required for the declaration. At risk shipments will also be charged at the applicable European Union rate of duty. At risk shipments will also be charged at the applicable European Union EU rate of duty. For both red and green routes it is reccomended to include HS Codes from 30th Sept.
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| Tariffs | 2024 update | |
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| We are now using Tariffs dated 2024 if you are using older ones please kindly let us know and we shall email you an updated one. Also, please be aware when using the cost calculator if the longest measurement exceeds 121 cms, the second longest measurement exceeds 76 cms or the weight per piece exceeds 50 kilos please note there may be a surcharge so please contact us for a quote.
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| Quotations | Surcharges | |
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| Please be advised the current fuel surcharges from 1st January 2024 added to your quotation are as follows. Gold Express 31.5 percent - Silver Express 29 percent - Domestic 9.6 percent. Also for any quotations exceeding 30 kilos or single measurement exceeding 150 cms please contact a member of the SFS Team. There is also a GBP15.75 charge for standard custom entries exceeding GBP799. In addition some areas are subject to a remote area surcharge - https://www.dhl.de/content/dam/images/Express/downloads/dhl-express-remote-areas-service.pdf
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| Marine Insurance | Keeping you covered | |
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| Did you know Southampton Freight Services offer marine insurance for shipments. To find our more please click on our website https://www.sotonfreight.co.uk/information-centre/marine-insurance or email our friendly team for a quotation.
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| Online System | Update 2021 | |
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| Please be aware the system for international movements will now prompt you that a customs invoice is required. If you have done your own it is perfectly fine & to continue the booking click customs invoice and then save and continue. Any questions just ask the team. Please also always give a local phone number for the consignee.
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| Country Information | France | |
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| FRANCE We would like to advise you that VAT collection on Business-to-Business Imports into France (where the import is subject to VAT) is changing as if the 1st of January 2022. VAT will no longer be collected by customs authorities in France but will be reverse charged on the Importers French VAT returns. It will therefore now be compulsory for the Importer of Record or their representatives to hold a French VAT Number. This means it will not be possible to import goods into France without a French VAT number as all companies acting as importers of record in France will need to have a valid French VAT number and file VAT declarations.
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| Country Information | Ireland | |
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| The Republic of Ireland has a postal code system called EIRCODE which provides a seven-character alpha-numeric postcode that is unique to a residential or business postal address and its geographic location. Please kindly use these on shipments to Ireland
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