Importing clothes from the UK

[jukcoder]

Is it easy to set up a company to import fashion clothes from the UK?

Thanks

[issam]

hi,you should get advice from a local accountant ,you should have a look at the website of the british embassy in tunisia there is useful information and you need to get advise on the import tax and you should ask about the free trading zone between tunisia and the EU which one of the rare agreement has been made with countries outside the EU

[kellyc]

Hi Issam,

I did hear that they are opening the border for import and export in 2008 which will make the experience so much easier.

Definately enquire about it and get all the right information, we were going to open a shop here with a company and friend based in Jordan but it was quite involved, not sure if you visit the nomarmite website but there was a big discussion about the complications and what was involved on their forum.

[ROULLA]

Originally Posted by kellyc

Hi Issam,

I did hear that they are opening the border for import and export in 2008 which will make the experience so much easier.

Definately enquire about it and get all the right information, we were going to open a shop here with a company and friend based in Jordan but it was quite involved, not sure if you visit the nomarmite website but there was a big discussion about the complications and what was involved on their forum.

Hi Kelly,
how are you hope that you and your family are in good health!,
Whilst in Tunisia quite a few shop owners that i know had there things taken out of there shop as they were not supposed to sell suits as well as jumpers so the police confiscated , so its most imperative to have all invoices at hand.

[tater03]

Can I ask why they were not suppoused to sell jumpers and suits? Just curious as to why they were not allowed? Thanks

[issam]

hi the reason some shop owners get their garment confiscated because either the garment has been smuggled in to the country and it has not been paid the import duty on a proper reciept or he is selling non original garments while the other peaple paid for a licence to sell big designer brand from majer companis based in europe,it like some one went to geant which is one of the biggest chopping malls in tunisia and open a store selling fake zara clothing while the official zara store next door paid so much duty for opening their branch there, so automaticly they shut the fake zara store down,it's like what's happening with the mobile phones now,nokia foreign investors invested in opening their officiall retail points in tunisia which they pay a lot of taxs to keep things going and a tunisian going back home with a suitcase full of nokia mobile phones trying to flog them in to the market automaticly the custom in tunisia seizes them at the check point in to the country

[issam]

hi, the reason some shop owners get their garment confiscated because either the garment has been smuggled in to the country and it has not been paid the import duty on a proper reciept or he is selling non original garments while the other peaple paid for a licence to sell big designer brand from majer companies based in europe,it's like some one went to geant which is one of the biggest shopping malls in tunisia and open a store selling fake zara clothing while the official zara store next door paid so much duty for opening their branch there, so automaticly they shut the fake zara store down,it's like what's happening with the mobile phones now,nokia foreign investors invested in opening their officiall retail points in tunisia which they pay a lot of taxs to keep things going and a tunisian going back home with a suitcase full of nokia mobile phones trying to flog them in to the market automaticly the custom in tunisia seizes them at the check point in to the country

[kellyc]

Yeah sometimes the problem is shop owners do not apply for the right licence to sell, if you do not apply for a licence and have the licence to sell the exact products or items then they will be confiscated often you will find items being confiscated especially in clothes shops where they are selling fake goods or not as described, or as Issam said bringing them into the country in suitcases and not paying the import duty and making a profit.

[ammoun]

Sorry dude !

Tunisians like fake clothes ... ooops I mean cheap !

[Kris]

To be fair clothes are cheaper in the Uk and Tunisians earn less.