[TR] Buying parts from England

[John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.com>]

It can be a muddy scene for those that outsource from the UK. Many years ago 
when I ran a major UK parts supplier who shipped globally, it was normal 
practice to provide a shipping invoice when the goods left the UK. That invoice 
was in sterling and showed the selling price for the parts plus actual shipping 
cost. Import duties (aka tariffs) were calculated at the port of arrival in the 
destination country for the buyer to pay in advance of receiving the goods. 
There is no way that I can see why the shipper (Rimmers, Paddocks, 
Racetorations, whoever) should be expected to include US duties on the sales 
invoice because to whom would they pay it? Canâ??t see any US government 
department attempting to charge a UK seller for US duties as such an attempt 
would be refused on principle and whose preferred Dollar/Pound exchange rate 
would be used? Yes, weâ??ll certainly sell to you in dollars but be assured, 
the exchange rate will be very heavily weighted in our favour, not yours - and 
there is no reason, need or justification to calculate US duties into the sale 
price. Who would collect it and why should we collect those duties on the 
buyers behalf or that of the US government?
The way things are going at the moment between the UK/EU governments in their 
head to head dealings with the White House, itâ??s highly likely the US will 
hit all of us this side oâ??t pond with at least another 25% duty on UK/EU 
sourced products and weâ??ll probably do the same the other way about â??ere 
long. Bad news for Jaguar Land Rover sales, the Scottish Whisky industry and 
all our other US exports. Bad news too for all the stuff we import from the US 
as itâ??ll likely get hit with the same percentage â??upliftsâ?? and suffer 
boycotts. I think Iâ??d open up an import centre north of the border with 
Canada and drive there to fetch what you want to buy. But keep a close watch on 
the two differing dollar exchange rates and their interactions with the Pound 
which is slowly getting stronger each week. You could lose your financial shirt 
unless youâ??re ultra vigilant!

Jonmac
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