We Found the Widgets!

 Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret here.

This Brexit thingy wottsit that Old Two Legs has been working on has taken a new turn. Yesterday he was looking for a HS Tariff Number that has six numbers but looking at different products that look close to the items he wants to ship, we come up with eight numbers!

No one has replied to his email but we didn't expect they would!

So, what to do? We know, Phone a Friend!

So, chatting with one of our customers who also exports our product told us what HS Tariff Number he uses.

OK, input that into the search engine and we get zapped to an American site which sort of describes our product providing you sort of squint with one eye and allow for the strange Americanism’s!

Off we go, back to the GOV.com and input that into the search engine and we get shoved to a page that has a very similar description that with one eye half closed and a little leeway given on the description, we think we have found it!

Back to the instructions again.

We have the Customs Declaration Form CN23, HS Tariff Number and a copy of the invoice, that should be all.

Almost.

This afternoon OTL has to go to the carrier to send of some stuff, to the UK, and while he was handing over the box of bits, he asked them if he needed anything else to get the stuff shipped after January the First?

Nah! Sez the man, 'you don't need any of that, just give me the stuff and I'll deliver it'

OTL is now wondering if he should risk it!

In the end he will get all the paperwork in a pile and the box of Widgets, hand them over and promise to sue the backside off the carrier if they mess it up!

I'm glad I'm a woofer, all I worry about is when do I get a walk, where is my food and who has a warm lap for me to cuddle up to and there's no HS Number for that!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

Why do they make it so difficult?

 Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

What a fun day we have had! 

Old Two Legs has customers all over the world and in the past, we have had no problems, but that was before Brexit!

OTL has been trying to get all set up for dealing with the EU come Jan 1st.

The old zero % VAT is remaining the same, for now but like exporting all over the world, you have to fill in a Customs Declaration saying what is in the box.

EU now want to know what is in the box but instead of something like, '200 Widgets' we now have fill in a box that gives a Detailed Description of Contents, OK 200 Widgets.

The next box says What is the HS Tariff Number?

Wot?

So, investigating the GOV.UK website we go looking for a HS number for Widgets.

They have goods listed from Tampons to Tubers but no sign of a Widget. In the end OTL found a link that claims to be able to give you a HS number, just send an email and they will answer in six or seven days!

OTL says he has the head ache he always gets when dealing with GOV.UK!

Holly and I don't really care, his feet are nice and warm and Holly and I share guard duties by cuddling up to them!

Going out for a walk it was remarkably cold, there was even some frost on the grass on the old golf course.

Lunchtime it was still cold but the sun had come out and left some strange looking cloud formations!

This is High Tide with little wind and a strange looking sky, maybe it's just an Autumnal Weather!

While we were having a run on the beach a ship went past towing a big barge!

Holly sat down and tried to work out what the barge was carrying but gave up after a while, well you can only get so many kebab's in a barge!

Now, take a look at this tree that we have walked past for a few years. Can you see a branch growing through another branch?

We don't reckon it is natural, we reckon some Two Legs drilled a hole in one branch and poked an adjacent branch through the hole.

After a few years the two branches seem to have grown together.

I wonder how many TL's have ever noticed that before?

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.