MPs, EU DATA SHOWS WHY THE CUSTOMS UNION IS A DISASTER FOR THE UK

The best Customs Union summary ever, using official EU statistics for 2018

Written for ordinary voters and MPs - a quick 1-page read

Dear MP, this 1-pager gives you the essential summary information on the EU's Customs Union. It is derived from the latest EU Commission figures, and as such is incontrovertible.

We suspect that you haven't been given this information. After looking at it, you may want to ask why you haven't seen this from your usual sources. We suggest that those of you who want to base your decisions on facts may wish to revise your view about the Customs Union.

Brexit Facts4EU.org Summary

All you see below comes from official EU Commission data from Eurostat, the EU's version of our ONS

The EU27 countries made a staggering £105 billion pounds from the UK – in the last year alone
They sold us £272.4 billion of goods last year, but bought only £167.3 billion of goods from us in return

The figures above show the balance of trade. This is the value of what they sell us, minus what we sell them. As MPs can see, they sell us far more, which means they are earning out of the arrangement. Germany alone made a net €41 BILLION out of the UK in 2018.

What happens when the UK is not counted as part of the EU?

When the UK becomes an EU27 'export market', it becomes the 2nd-biggest buyer of EU goods in the World
The UK market is vital to the EU27
It's almost as large as the USA and is far more important to the EU27 than China.

Quite simply, the UK does dreadfully out of the Customs Union

Tariff-free access merely allows EU conglomerates to flood the UK market, to the detriment of UK manufacturing and jobs. It only benefits multinational companies, not the 92% of British business who do not trade with the EU.

It forces the Common Commercial Tariff on the UK, which means UK consumers pay far more for imported goods than they need to. It works in the interests of EU27 countries, as you can see from the official EU Commission data above.

What possible reason is there to want to stay in the Customs Union, or any variation thereof?

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Reader Comments 15

1. Gary / York , Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 08:59:

Very useful read, thank you! All MPs must read this.

2. Matthew, London, UK , Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 10:47:

Just letting you know that the two 'big brothers' called twitter and facy-macfacebook are doing funny things to try to stop your powerful information getting around too much...

3. Adam, Bristol , Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 11:28:

Here is a lesson for you, Matthew, London: because it is FAKE NEWS!

4. Tom Rogers , Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 11:33:

If we're one of the biggest export markets for the other major EU Member States, then why are we offering to pay them? Shouldn't they be paying us? Add to that our financial and legal power as a country - we rival the United States as a legal and financial services centre - and our NATO commitments to the Continent, especially in the East, and I'm left with a puzzle as to the approach taken by the government to these negotiations.
That said, I would prefer to see Theresa May stay in post. That's because everything she does brings us closer to a Hard Brexit. Even when she wins, she loses. She's a disaster - for the EU and Remainers. She's a mixed blessing if you're a Brexiter.
An actual Brexiter as Prime Minister [I'm struggling to think of a candidate] would have been worse because they would have compromised to keep the Tory Party united, they would have had the same Senior Civil Service to work with, and we would have ended up with much the same 'deal'- - i.e. a Remain That Looks Like Brexit.
At least with the Theresa May Horror Show, there's a chance that we will leave by legal default. And if we don't, has tin-earred machinations are stripping the Establishment of its pretensions and laying bare its true nature, so Remain lose anyway.

5. JOHN FINN , Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 12:32:

Pay attention, everyone, Adam from Bristol is going to debunk the FACTS4EU Summary of EU-UK trade. Off you go, Adam.

6. Adam, Bristol , Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 14:32:

Well I don't need to. If Facebook and Twitter are blocking your propaganda material than it is because they've already fact-checked and found that it was FALSE.

7. Butties , Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 17:54:

adam bristol, is your middle name Wally?

8. GazzaBlack , Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 18:09:

Oh dear Adam.
The idea that Facebook and Twitter are the custodians of facts - well that really IS take news.
You only need to go on to the Office of National statistics website and look at the figures for 2016 to confirm the veracity of facts4eu figures..
Facebook and Twitter follow their own agenda.

9. barbara Jell , Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 19:44:

i would like to ignore you Adam, but you are too stupid - so here goes. Have you ever heard of 'politically motivated' censorship? Welcome to the cancer of Globalisation, the New World Order and life in a Police State under the dictatorship of Stalin May. Like all Remainers, you don't want to know the truth and you are too lazy to seek it out. Perhaps you should get out more or put your head back under the duvet and escape from reality.
But don't worry Adam from Bristol, even though you don't deserve it, we are going to save you from eternal bondage and a fate worse than death.

10. Steve , Thursday, April 04, 2019, 16:42:

Mrs Balls got her Brexit blocking bill through by saying that food will be 10% more expensive if we leave and put lower tariffs on food from the rest of the world, where it's cheaper. Balls........

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