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Brexit deal agreed - customs administration from 01.01.2021

On 24.12.2020, an agreement on future cooperation and trade was reached between the EU and the UK.

An essential point is that between EU and UK for goods deliveries from both areas no customs duties are to be levied. However, this does not mean that the administrative "customs clearance" will be eliminated. This means that all documents and customs relevant information must be submitted by the customer in advance and only after the shipment has been released by the customs team of DACHSER, the shipment can be accepted for dispatch.

Please note that from 01.01.2021 this applies to all shipments between the EU and UK, only shipments from the EU to Northern Ireland are excluded. In particular, proof of preferential origin of goods should be provided. The most important necessary information for exporters and importers can be found in the document below.

Connected in the electrification age

The switch to electromobility is changing logistics chains worldwide. Swoboda, an automotive supplier based in Germany’s Allgäu region, sees this as an opportunity. To pursue it, DACHSER is helping the company reorganize its global supply chains.

Adverse weather conditions in Spain

Due to the Filomena storm that has affected all Spain in recent days and especially the Community of Madrid, we inform you of the following restrictions:

Road Transport:

• Traffic restrictions for heavy vehicles imposed by the DGT (partially open on some roads).
• Restrictions on access to industrial estates due to accumulation of snow and vehicles.
• Difficulty in collections, deliveries and shipments to other delegations. Journeys to and from Madrid may suffer significant delays.
• Difficulties in distribution activities throughout the week, mainly in the branch in Madrid.
• Temporary reduction of long-distance routes between delegations.

Air Transport

• MAD airport starts operating slowly but suffers long delays due to canceled flights.
• Handling personnel are severely restricted and therefore air cargo operations start to run very slowly.
• Customs operations are giving priority to express shipments.
• Road access to and from Madrid suffer significant restrictions.
• During this week, the alert is still active due to very low temperatures (in some places below -10ºC), so we still expect strong restrictions and incidents in all transport and distribution services.

If you have any questions, please contact your local contact at the respective DACHSER branch.

DACHSER Sweden on course for growth

DACHSER Sweden's business is developing positively: by opening a new sales office in Örebro, the logistics provider is expanding its presence in central Sweden. Furthermore, Carl-Johan Westas was appointed as new Country Manager Sweden European Logistics to strengthen DACHSER´s management team in the Nordic region.