Members of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) are being urged to take part in a short survey designed to gain a better understanding of the scale of potential Customs procedure training that will be required post-Brexit within the freight forwarding sector.
The new edition of the British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) Standard Trading Conditions (STC) will be launched on 1st October 2017. The terms were last revised in 2005.
The British International Freight Association has welcomed the news that an electronic back up system that would prevent the catastrophic impact of a systems failure by the HMRC CHIEF (Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight) system has received formal approval from the UK Government.
It has been brought to our attention that there is a bogus email being received by members.
With Brexit talks due to get underway in Brussels later today, the British International Freight Association – www.bifa.org – is calling for the UK negotiators to push for a deal that keeps the UK in the European customs union.
Commenting ahead of news about whether there will be a Queen’s Speech and start of Brexit negotiations next Monday, British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general, Robert Keen says:
Birmingham, UK, Thursday, 6th April 2017 – Nobody really knows what the Brexit implications are for trade, Robert Keen, Director General, BIFA, told delegates at the Brexit Briefing at Multimodal 2017. And he brought along a crystal ball to emphasise the point.
On the day that UK Prime Minister, Theresa May invokes Article 50 and begin negotiations for Britain’s exit from the European Union, the trade body that represents the UK’s freight forwarding companies says it is still too soon to make speculative statements with so many unknowns.
Once again, BIFA – the British International Freight Association – will be exhibiting at the forthcoming Multimodal 2017 exhibition and conference and will use the event to outline some of the work it is doing on behalf of its members that are facing significant challenges to the provision of freight and logistics services for international trade.
In just over a month, the UK and Ireland’s premier freight transport, logistics and supply chain management event, Multimodal opens its doors.
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