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Shoppers paying £100 extra per outfit for clothes as EU retailers struggle to adapt to new Brexit rules
22 Jan 2021, 10:33
Updated: 22 Jan 2021, 14:53
SHOPPERS are paying up to £100 extra per outfit for EU clothes due to Brexit red tape.
The unexpected customs, VAT and delivery charges come as retailers in the European Union struggle to adapt to new rules.
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Shoppers are paying up to £100 extra per outfit for EU clothes due to Brexit red tapeCredit: Alamy
As a result, shoppers are being asked to pay up to a third extra to release their goods from warehouses once they arrive in the UK, reports The Times.
Last modified on Thu 21 Jan 2021 23.36 EST
British shoppers who bought items from European websites are facing post-Brexit demands of more than £100 in import duties that must be paid before parcel firms will deliver the items.
Despite claims by Boris Johnson that there would be tariff-free trade after the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December, consumers who bought items from EU websites are being chased for import duties, VAT and admin fees â which, they say, render the purchase uneconomic.
Lisa Walpole, from Norfolk, has been told she must pay £121 to the parcels firm UPS for a £236 clothes order she made from the Norwegian website Onepiece.com, which specialises in premium jumpsuits. At the time of the order the company had promised free international delivery.