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Originally Posted by nomadking
When has the EU ever passed a directive aimed at helping businesses and reducing their costs? The single market is aimed at forcing higher costs onto the "little guys".
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Imagine 'Company X' (ahem) that ships ~250,000 orders from a warehouse in the European Union to countries across the European Union. With automated systems, 'Company X' estimates it would take around 30 seconds per order to check;
- Commercial Invoicing
- INCOTERMs specific to receiving country legislation
- Correct application of Harmonised Tariff Codes
- Correct diligence for 'dual use' products (red flags)
as a minimum.
So, 250,000 x 30 seconds = 7,500,000 seconds = 260days, assuming an 8 hour day. If 'Company X' paid minimum wage at UK rates, that would be a cost of £17,104 in salary alone. Bear in mind that salary is 30-50% of the cost of an employee...
The customs union and single market remove that cost