International Trade & Customs with Mark Rowbotham, MA FCILT - Portcullis ISC

Mark is an independent consultant who deals primarily with Compliance, Control and Procedural issues in Customs, Excise and VAT, and is a trainer in these issues as well as International Trade, the Supply Chain, Finance and Risk Management courses.

We will be running a series of 4 workshops over the forthcoming months by Teams;

1. Origin Preferences Course - Thursday 25^th July
2. Introduction to Export - Tuesday 6^th August
3. Customs Procedures Training - Wednesday 4^th September
4. Trading with Northern Ireland - Wednesday 2^nd October
   

Origin Preferences Course - Thursday 25th July 2024

Delegates who will benefit from this course - Export Personnel, Import Personnel, Logistics Personnel.

Many companies export products to or import products from countries which have Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the EU, and the exit of the UK from the EU will mean that the implementation of new Free Trade Agreements with many of these countries. Some of these products are fully made in the country, while others incorporate components or materials which do not originate in these countries.

The purpose of this course is to examine the Rules of Origin for such products, the countries which will have FTAs with the UK, and how origin is calculated. It also addresses the Free Trade Agreements with the EU, and how they affect trade with the EU. It will also address the conditions for HMRC’s Approved Exporter status.

The contents of this course are as follows;

- What is an Export
- What is an Import
- What is a Free Trade Agreement
- What is a Customs Union
- Free Trade Agreements with the EU
- Other Free Trade Agreements
- The International Supply Chain
- What is Origin
- How does it Work
- What are Rules of Origin
- How is Origin calculated
- Transaction Value
- Net Cost Value
- Build-Up Method
- Build-Down Method
- The 60/40 Rule
- Substantial Transformation
- The Value-Added Rule
- The Transport Rule – Direct Shipment
- Supporting Evidence
- Long-Term Supplier Declarations (LTSDs)
- What are Suppliers’ Declarations
- Certificates of Origin
- Movement Certificates
- GSP
- REX (Registered Exporter)
- Approved Exporter
- Compliances
- E-Cert
- Post-Brexit Implications for the UK

This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.