Your Brexit-proof solution – The ‘Metro Brokerage Platform’

Metro has designed a range of Customs solutions to protect your supply chain from the impact of Brexit. Maintaining efficient import and export operations, while keeping you Customs compliant and maximising the cashflow benefits of HMRC’s ‘light-touch’ regimes.

Metro’s resources, skills and capabilities, means that we are well positioned to support your trade between the UK and the EU, no matter how large or complex your requirements may be.

We process customs clearances at all UK airports and sea ports, creating and submitting the declarations for thousands of shipments every week.

With our unique strategic partners we can offer fiscal and customs representation in every EU country, with the same capabilities, to provide continuity of service across Europe.

Our Brexit solutions are designed to give you flexibility of choice and scope to fit your needs; reducing costs, strengthening compliance and eradicating risks to your business.

Brexit Health-check

We review your responses to our simple questionnaire, to analyse the impact Brexit will have on your supply chain and show you how you can prepare to mitigate them, while maintaining operational efficiency and obtaining the maximum cashflow benefits offered by HMRC’s ‘light-touch’ import regime.

We show you all the areas of consequence, including relevant authorisations, Tariff classifications, VAT/Duty implications, beneficial Incoterms and reporting. We make sure that no questions are left unanswered.

Customs Broker

Simply complete our Letter of empowerment (‘power of attorney’) to appoint Metro as your Customs Broker, to manage all your inbound and outbound customs declarations, through one portal. 

We prepare your Customs master data, walk you through documentary and licence requirements and take the necessary steps to remove risks of disruptions to your UK/EU trade flows. To avoid disappointed customers and give you the exploit to exploit every European opportunity.

Metro systems are integrated with HMRC’s Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF), which means we can clear goods anywhere in the UK digitally, which is critical, as an estimated additional 200 million Customs declarations will follow Brexit.

In addition to preparing and submitting appropriate border declarations, Metro will also maintain your records in line with HMRC guidelines, to keep you compliant, while protecting your cashflow.

Brokerage and freight

Metro manage hundreds of multi-modal freight movements from within and outside of the EU every week, which means we are well used to working in the free trade area and crossing the Union’s hard-borders.

You can combine our market-leading European freight services with our pan-European Customs Brokerage, to create the most cost-effective, efficient and compliant supply chain solution.

With Metro’s multi award-winning cloud-based technology you will have complete real-time visibility of your physical supply chain and a total fiscal overview of your Customs situation, liabilities and monies owed across the UK and EU.

Digital

Metro work entirely digitally with many of the UK’s largest importers and exporters, integrating ERP, operational and tracking systems to provide seamless global transport solutions.

Metro is committed to extending the same digital capability and benefits to traders of all sizes and will work with customers to help them digitalise their supply chain documentation, with analogue to digital transfers and machine learning.

For further information please contact Jade Barrow or Andrew White who are leading our 2021 EU withdrawal Task Team.