BREXIT AGREEMENT LAYS DOWN DETAILED ORIGIN RULES FOR EU/UK DUTY FREE TEXTILE TRADES

Detailed rules of origin have been approved within the new European Union-UK Brexit trade deal specifying what manufacturing processes should be applied to textile products covered by the agreement’s duty-free provisions. A key benefit of the text is that goods sold between the EU and UK should not attract import duties, but such products must have been substantially transformed either within Britain or remaining EU member states. To comply, if a fabric product contains two or more basic textile materials, the weight of inputs made outside the EU or UK must ...


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