UK TO DISPUTE EU FINE OVER CHINESE CLOTHING IMPORT FRAUD
June 1st, 2018
The UK Government is to dispute a multi-billion Euro charge handed to it by the European Commission in relation to alleged unpaid duties on Chinese imports of clothing and footwear over several years.
Brussels formally notified the UK of its intention to recover the duties in March this year. In its 2017 annual report, published last week, European Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF said that concerning goods cleared in the UK, its year-long investigation had calculated "a loss to the EU budget of almost EUR1.9 billion in customs duties" and had "also revealed a ...
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