IEN Number on imports
My supplier cannot supply a IEN number as of the 1st of April unless I am vat registered. I am below the vat tax threshold of £85,000 will this create problems when my product arrives at Amazon.
IEN Number on imports
My supplier cannot supply a IEN number as of the 1st of April unless I am vat registered. I am below the vat tax threshold of £85,000 will this create problems when my product arrives at Amazon.
22 replies
Seller_vk8gbYgVvZt1X
Where is your store registered? Britain or China？as far as I know, IEN only affects non-EU sellers.Did you see red IEN notices in you FBA plan?
Seller_eRhkLKfxMXXUW
Hello There,
I am having the same issue with my supplier. They are telling me that they cannot provide me with DDP shipment services since they cannot get the IEN number and therefore they goods wont be allowed to enter UK.
Furthermore, they have said that the only way to tget IEN number is by doing shipment by DDU where the taxes and custom fees will now be required to be paid by me. The issue with this is that they now want to charget way more than the previos DDP quote with the excuse that now DDU shipment will be more expensive because they also need to account for the 30% of the total goods value to cover taxes and customs.
The strange thing of all this, is that shipment by DDP should already include taxes and custom fees in consideration. Therefore, how is now possible that their DDU shipment will have a higher quote price?
Finally, with this new policy that was given by amazon on 1st of april. is this IEN number required by the forward shipping companies in china even if they are shiping to a company registered in UK? or is this IEN number required depending on the direct company status of the shipment company?
I hope somebody can support me with this issue soon since i am getting very frustated and my shipments are getting delayd
Thank you in advance for anybody that could support me
Best regards
Alex
Seller_eRhkLKfxMXXUW
No, according to amazon customer support, there is a new policy in UK since 1st of april, please check the link:
Apparently, if your business is not UK based, you will need to generate IEN number for your imports and be registered to Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme (FHDDS).
This is creating now huge confusion between the china forward agencies, nobody really knows which one is the right way to go about this now
Seller_VYu1r4V7GKDrF
My Chinese supplier delivers straight to fulfillment center but I am based in the UK do I still need IEN number
Seller_eRhkLKfxMXXUW
Does anybody knows if this new policy should constrains chinese forwarding agencies to not provide shipment by DDP terms anymore?
Seller_DFyW8WngMYE0O
Hi there, i am getting frustrated as well with my shipment being delayed because suddenly i need to given them an EORI and IEN number and i will have to make customs clearance myself and pay duties, which i don’t have a clue on how to do…
They say the EORI and IEN number requested by UK Customs not Amazon… Since i always made shipments by DDP and never needed to use these numbers, i don’t know how to proceed now… if somebody has already get past this problem please tell how to proceed, thank you!
Seller_eRhkLKfxMXXUW
Hello There,
Are you a UK based business seller? If yes, I think the new policy that was released on 1st of april wont affect you.
This policy request IEN number just to seller shipping goods from outside EU if you are a NON-EU seller.
Read the link below for more reference:
Seller_VYu1r4V7GKDrF
Yes I am a UK based seller but my products ship straight to amazon.uk from China my supplier has said his shipping agent will not ship without an IEN number
Seller_VYu1r4V7GKDrF
What I’ve decide to do is send for a smaller shipment from my supplier and see what happens as I seem to be going around in circles, lastly my supplier said to get a vat number within 200 days so will have to go that way.
Seller_eRhkLKfxMXXUW
Does anybody knows if we need to provide the IEN number is we are an UK based business? Furthermore, do we need to be VAT registered to import if we are below the threshold ? Finally, does this means that suppliers cannot provide DDP shipment anymore? Just DDU from now on since we need to pay the custom and taxes now?
