How is Brexit for you?

[glasshouse]

They didn't refuse equivalence!
Frost didn't want to negotiate it!
Barnier said have the extension and sort it all out and Frost refused. The EU have a standing invitation for you to negotiate financials and you will not do it because the EU have asked what your Tax plans are and you refuse to tell them.
Personally think that this is all deliberate , I've said before Boris got Brexit done for the plebs and he promised his financial mates it would be WTO and Singapore for financials.
"fudge business", remember?

Especially scottish shellfish businesses

 

[bobk]

Especially scottish shellfish businesses

How you going to get them to Europe when you leave ?

 

[glasshouse]

How you going to get them to Europe when you leave ?

When we rejoin europe you mean?

 

[le bon paysan]

sorry, matter of public record, no doubt what so ever about frances most embarrassing figures.
and the £ continued to gain against the dollar and the euro, money mkt's couldn't care less about anything other than their pockets, so those continuing gains, just show the level of confidence, they have in the UK.
When one stops listening to the BBC, you get a completely different set of facts, from all over the globe, including europe, as they all pretty much agree, one has to assume they are correct, many actually quote the men behind the facts.
You are from Scotland, what are your views on Alex Salmonds evidence, hastily redacted by sturgeon cronies, the bit i can't understand is why she is so keen on re-joining the EU, when she has been told there isn't any way she can.
Both spain and belguim have told her, categorically they will veto any application.

United Kingdom Trade Balance [Up-to-date Chart & Data] | 1957 - 2024 | CEIC Data

United Kingdom Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 19.5 USD bn in Jan 2024, compared with a deficit of 27.0 USD bn in the previous month. United Kingdom Trade Balance data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1957 to Jan 2024, with an averaged value of -1.6 USD bn. The data reached an...

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France Trade Balance [Up-to-date Chart & Data]

France Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 4.1 USD bn in Dec 2020, compared with a deficit of 4.5 USD bn in the previous month. France Trade Balance data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2000 to Dec 2020, with an averaged value of -4.7 USD bn. The data reached an all-time high of 1.6 USD...

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[bobk]

When we rejoin europe you mean?

Yes

 

[glasshouse]

Yes

By boat

 

[czechmate]

Can’t remember if we’ve seen much of you on this thread. There is quite a bit about the Covid Jab situation on it.

And you started it

 

[Raider112]

I don't know about our figures but France's are definately the worst on record as I read the piece about it. It was possibly the biggest annual fall they meant but not certain.
I would guess we run at a bigger deficit year on year but don't know that it's the worst on record.

 

[glasshouse]

France cancelled all rent and mortgage payments , so that won't be good for the figures

 

[le bon paysan]

I don't know about our figures but France's are definately the worst on record as I read the piece about it. It was possibly the biggest annual fall they meant but not certain.
I would guess we run at a bigger deficit year on year but don't know that it's the worst on record.

From the 2 links above
In the latest reports, France Total Exports reached 47.8 USD bn in Dec 2020, a decrease of 6.6 % year on year. Total Imports recorded 51.9 USD bn in Dec 2020, a decrease of 6.8 % year on year

In the latest reports, United Kingdom Total Exports reached 37.9 USD bn in Dec 2020, a decrease of 8.0 % year on year. Total Imports recorded 60.1 USD bn in Dec 2020, an increase of 16.0 % year on year

 

[Raider112]

In the latest reports, France Total Exports reached 47.8 USD bn in Dec 2020, a decrease of 6.6 % year on year. Total Imports recorded 51.9 USD bn in Dec 2020, a decrease of 6.8 % year on year

In the latest reports, United Kingdom Total Exports reached 37.9 USD bn in Dec 2020, a decrease of 8.0 % year on year. Total Imports recorded 60.1 USD bn in Dec 2020, an increase of 16.0 % year on year

Not sure of the dates or the details but I imagine it was from further back than that. Do they have a year end date in April as we do? No links as I don't know where I saw it.

 

[le bon paysan]

Not sure of the dates or the details but I imagine it was from further back than that. Do they have a year end date in April as we do? No links as I don't know where I saw it.

If you click on the links I gave , they give data up to including December 2020 .
You can go through them for data for the last 20 years.
Som. Was quoting 2018 for some reason. Had you left then?

 

[JeepJeep]

Royal Mail into Europe quicker than before. Customs Labels filled incorrectly and I'm seeing no issues.

This week a Switzerland order sent Monday delivered today.
France is 4 working days. Spain is hit and miss on the timescale. I've just checked a Romanian one... 3 days into Romania from the UK then it sat in Romania for 14 days before delivery.

Hasn't affected me yet sales-wise and it's in GBP

 

[bobk]

Royal Mail into Europe quicker than before. Customs Labels filled incorrectly and I'm seeing no issues.

This week a Switzerland order sent Monday delivered today.
France is 4 working days. Spain is hit and miss on the timescale. I've just checked a Romanian one... 3 days into Romania from the UK then it sat in Romania for 14 days before delivery.

Hasn't affected me yet sales-wise and it's in GBP

How are dealing with the vat ?

 

[Bald Rick]

Well I don’t know ... had a bit of a run around trying to get a load of heifers in from EU. Most agents seem to be moribund at the moment as Denmark and Holland aren’t sending cattle out yet
Got some Germans in the end ... and then had our beloved ministry out this morning blood testing them for bluetongue. Turns out only some states in Germany are still under bluetongue

Still they travelled well although one driver got them to Calais and then they were picked up by a Dutch driver based here because of covid in Dover

 

[som farmer]

politicians can prat about, to hide their 'disasters', and the UK is an 'easy' target. But trade is trade, if cant trade, you have no income, so normal people will find ways to continue, they have to. I see german exports to UK have dropped 30% since brexit, that's substantial enough to concentrate minds, of both manufactures and politicians

 

[BrianV]

After being told so many times that Brexit would be a disaster for sheep farmers we took the last of our small grass fed Scotty store lambs to the local market today, average price just over £100 a head ain't Brexit terrible!

 

[glasshouse]

After being told so many times that Brexit would be a disaster for sheep farmers we took the last of our small grass fed Scotty store lambs to the local market today, average price just over £100 a head ain't Brexit terrible!

Thats just a blip brcause everyone sold before xmas

 

[neilo]

After being told so many times that Brexit would be a disaster for sheep farmers we took the last of our small grass fed Scotty store lambs to the local market today, average price just over £100 a head ain't Brexit terrible!

Again.... a ‘no deal’ Brexit would have been a disaster for sheep farmers. Boris (thankfully) rolled over and ND was averted, so the nightmare scenario for the sheep sector was averted.

A tariff free Brexit was always going to see the lamb trade continue (albeit with a few extra complications), which is why many of us were afraid of, and warning about, a ‘no deal’ crash out.

I’m amazed that so many on here don’t seem to be able to comprehend that.

 

[Cowabunga]

After being told so many times that Brexit would be a disaster for sheep farmers we took the last of our small grass fed Scotty store lambs to the local market today, average price just over £100 a head ain't Brexit terrible!

Ask a pig farmer though.

The reason sheep are up at the moment is probably because NZ haven't recently offloaded a shipment. However, are you confident that the price will hold for new season lamb? Obviously there are relatively few lamb being slaughtered at this time of year in the UK.