Thr sending of items from the UK has become more complicated -

'Posting to friends and family in the EU including Ireland is also going to become more bureaucratic. Those sending parcels from 1 January will be required to complete customs declaration forms, CN22 or CN23, detailing the type of good, its value and its weight.'

Full article here https://www.theguardian.com/politics...droidApp_Other

It's also going to be more expensive to order things online from British companies (if they will still offer deliveries to Spain at all). Plus we will only be able to bring back goods worth a maximum of 390 pounds without having to declare them at Customs and pay import duty when we re-enter Spain. Since moving here I've always been back to the UK at least twice a year and done quite a lot of shopping (mainly clothes) plus shopping online from UK sites so I'm definitely going to be spending less there from now on. If other foreign residents do the same it's not going to help the UK economy much.

Just heard how awful this is going to be my son here in Ireland often buys on eBay from U.K. just looked at a bargain WiFi speaker for about £130 and was about to purchase when he noticed that on top of the packing and postage cost of £15 there was a customs liability for £40!!!

wow.. thats alot of extra. thats really going to help trade for the uk isn´t it.

I think postage costs from the uk had gone up awhile back. Just recently we bought two replacement shower valves from the uk the cost of the valves 60 pounds postage 47 pounds to Spain you could fit the valves in a king size cigarette pack. My daughter who was sending a Christmas parcel put them in there for us and the extra cost was pennies. Another example 4 enamel pies dishes from uk ebay was 32 pounds 20pounds to send, amazon es pie dishes 28 pounds free postage we only use the uk for price checking now which turns out more expensive and only buy from Spain and china if we can.

No no no, this is all wrong! Boris Johnson has promised that the deal won't affect the Irish border and I believe him - he's an honest decent guy! Here it is in black and white!:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-35692452

I often buy stuff from Amazon UK. I wonder if those items will be taxed?

Yes, of course, they will be subject to Spanish import duty. Plus there is another complication for Amazon UK sellers - from 1 January onwards they are unable to use the Amazon European Fulfilment Network.

https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/g...0UK%20and%20EU.

I don't think so in most cases, provided the item is of UK origin with only a small percentage of parts derived from outside UK. But any would-be importer will have to complete customs declaration forms, and if you ask Amazon UK or a merchant to do it for you, you may be charged a fee. Plus customs clearance fee if any will be passed on.

I fully expect Amazon UK to stop all orders from outside the UK. Most items available on the UK site are available on Amazon Spain or the other EU sites.

They have been reducing the number of items available for non UK delivery for a few years now.

There is no " customs liability " in the agreement between the UK and the EU !

Similar charges have been happening for goods to Gibraltar for a long time.
Although Gib was not in the customs union it was virtually impossible to get a VAT rebate from Ebay or Amazon
Also recently sellers have been trying to charge import duty upfront at ridiculous percentage rates far above Gib's own rates and also on items that are tax free when they arrive in Gib

Quite. This is confusing isn't it?

There might not be tariffs or quotas BUT there are VAT implications and customs administrative costs. All those extra employees & infrastructure cost money. As an example: When importing from the US, the customs admin was often more expensive than the actual tariff. VAT had to be paid up front (but as a company, could be claimed back - still involves admin costs & affected cash flow).

Same happens elsewhere in the world. My daughter sent me a Tee shirt from the Australian F1 GP a couple of years ago. The shirt cost £25.00 I got charged vat and import duty and a processing charge which added another £65.00 to the thing.

I make one off Jewellery and I have issues sending stuff all over the world. Some days people get their stuff with no charges, the next day someone emails to say its cost them double what I charged for the job.
Unfortunately you just have to accept it.
From 1st jan my customers in the Uk will have 20% VAT and a 2.5% duty added. I may loose business but as Im semi retired Im not that bothered.