Amazon will no longer transfer UK sellers’ goods to the European Union (EU) following Brexit and this will affect merchants on both sides. The US e-commerce giant informed its UK sellers recently that “pan-European FBA [Fulfillment By Amazon service] inventory transfers will stop between the UK and EU” on January 1 next year, when the UK formally separates from the EU.

This implies UK sellers aspiring to access the 440 million EU customers can no longer use Amazon’s logistics networks to do so.
They will instead be responsible for splitting their stock’ and sending what they want to sell overseas to Amazon fulfilment centres in the EU, Amazon posted on its UK website.

While this is set to have a major impact on UK sellers it also applies to those in the EU selling to UK consumers, meaning shoppers could face stock issues and increased delivery times and costs.

“To mitigate the impact of these changes, you should consider splitting your inventory and sending it to a fulfilment centre in the UK and the EU, so that you have sufficient stock either side of the new customs border,” Amazon told its sellers.

“This may require you to ship your products across the new UK-EU customs border and provide additional information as part of a customs declaration,” it said.

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