INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU/UK CONFECTIONERS MUST ABIDE BY COMPLEX ORIGIN RULES TO SECURE BREXIT DUTY FREE TRADE

BRITISH and European Union (EU) confectioners must take care to ensure their products meet new origin rules if they want them covered by the duty free goods provisions of the new EU/UK trade agreement struck on Christmas Eve. The 1,256-page deal includes complex and comprehensive origin rules, such as for chocolate, which can be deemed made in the EU and Britain if all dairy, eggs and honey used are sourced locally, as well as at least 40% of grains, malt, starches and wheat, (which must also not exceed 30% of costs). Similar complex rules cover sugar ...


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