How we become
your exporter
A supplier who only sells ex works is not refusing to trade with you. They are refusing to take on export responsibility. We take it instead.
Who this is for
- A buyer who has found the right product abroad, and a supplier who will not ship beyond their own gate.
- A manufacturer with demand in another market, no customs capability, and no wish to build one.
- A business that wants to sell in a market where it has no legal establishment.
- A company that has been quoted by four different providers for one consignment and cannot get a single delivered price.
The sequence
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Feasibility
We establish that the operation is legal and workable before money moves: establishment approval at origin, product eligibility at destination, customs classification, duty rate, certificates required, and any point where the goods could be held. You receive a written report and a go or no-go. Fees and turnaround.
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Purchase ex works
We buy the goods from your supplier and take title. They invoice us in their own country, in their own currency, on the terms they already use domestically. Nothing about their process changes.
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Export
We file the export declaration under our own registration in that country. We obtain the export health certificate where the goods are of animal origin, the certificate of origin, and any phytosanitary or specific documentation the destination requires.
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Preferential origin
Where a trade agreement gives a reduced or zero duty rate, we certify the origin. Our REX registration lets us do this at any consignment value — an unregistered exporter can only self-certify up to €6,000, above which the goods pay the full rate.
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Transport
Road, sea, air or rail, ambient or temperature controlled, according to the product. We operate a refrigerated France–UK lane and buy the rest through our own carrier network.
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Import
We file the import declaration at destination, submit the prior notification, and book the border control post inspection where the goods require one. Duty and import VAT are settled under our registration.
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Delivery
To your warehouse, your store, your distribution centre, or straight to your own customer. Where our entity is established in your country, we invoice you domestically — no import formalities of your own, one invoice, a delivered price.
The terms we sell on
| Incoterm | What is included | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| CFR | Export clearance, main carriage to the named port | Sea freight where you insure and clear |
| CIF | As CFR, plus marine insurance | Sea freight where you clear at destination |
| DAP | Everything up to unloading at your address, both customs clearances handled | The usual choice — one delivered price |
Under DAP the buyer is normally the importer of record. Where you have no establishment or registration in the destination country, we import in our own name and sell you the goods domestically instead. Which of the two applies is set out in the feasibility report before you commit.
Routes
Three established entities — United Kingdom, Europe, United States. Each can act as the declared exporter or importer in its own jurisdiction, which is what opens a route in either direction. In practice it means we can become your supplier at home while sourcing anywhere.
| From | To | Our role |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | European Union | UK exporter and EU importer |
| European Union | United Kingdom | EU exporter under REX, UK importer |
| UK or EU | United States | Exporter, with our US entity receiving |
| UK or EU | Middle East | Exporter, with halal certification and legalised documents |
Other routes between these markets follow the same mechanism. Ask.