CN22 form for international trades

[Citizen Sade]

I asked a question over on the LAF, but it got lost in a flurry of posts from people in the EU now facing paying local VAT on orders from Britain. It was about the CN22 customs declaration form.

When I’ve completed a CN22 in the past for international trades, I’ve ticked the ‘Contents’ box for ‘Sale of Goods’ and left the section about ‘HS tariff no.’ & ‘Origin’ blank. To play it safe during the current disruption, I’m assuming that the correct HS tariff no. to use is 9503.00:

Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size ("scale") models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds.

Also, that I’d be best off putting Great Britain as the origin given the different way Northern Ireland is treated.

Any thoughts on this?

 

[Citizen Sade]

OK, let's try this a different way. Is anybody, anywhere completing the H.S. tariff number section on CN22 customs declarations forms? If so, what code have you put there in the past?

 

[Citizen Sade]

FWIW, the advice I’ve had from an importer is to use code 9503009990 and describe metal figures as model soldiers. Toy soldiers, apparently, should not be used as it has a specific meaning to customs people and comes with certain manufacturing requirements.

 

[Sleepysod]

Thanks for the update.

I'm sure this will actually become more and more relevant to all of us (unfortunately) in the near future.

At the moment still sourcing most things from UK, but I've previously traded with people from Sweden and France, and bought in new stuff from Italy and Spain. Current debacle has put me off trading anything with mainland Europe for the foreseeable future - but I'm sure I will have to bite the bullet at some point.

 

[Citizen Sade]

Yes, there’s a big question mark about how imports of comparatively low value secondhand goods into the U.K. will work in the long term.

At present, I understand that the Royal Mail is not collecting the dues on things worth less than £135. The expectation is that suppliers abroad will register and collect VAT on behalf of HMRC. Some companies may do this, but I can’t imagine private sellers being willing to do so.

 

[dieselmonkey]

At present, I understand that the Royal Mail is not collecting the dues on things worth less than £135.

The big problem is that other couriers are, and handing out a £20+ 'handling' fee on top of everything else that's being charged.

There's just no clarity with anything at all. I've got a Russian motorbike, and I get my parts from the EU/Ukraine. Half of the companies have just outright stopped selling to the UK unless the order is over €200. To say I'm pissed off about the whole situation is the understatement of the year.