VAT registered companies across the UK will soon be allocated an Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number in order to keep trading with customers and suppliers in the EU after the UK has left.
EORI numbers are a unique ID number allocated to businesses that enables them to be identified by Customs authorities when doing business with other traders.
If businesses do not have an EORI number post-Brexit, they will be unable to continue to trade with EU Member States.
Letters informing businesses of automatically allocated EORI numbers began arriving on 21 August as the Government’s UK exit preparations continue.
