My company is unfortunately forced to buy from the far east, and i will say that 90% of the items we buy are absolute crap. I wish we could have had this levy introduced 10 to 15 years ago. Far east pollution levels are shocking. You may not like EU meddling in some things, but the amount of damage thats being done unchecked is nothing to what our worst polluters do in the western world.
It is a shame that it all comes down to money, but you do get what you pay for. I honestly hope that manufacturing in the far east gets hit and hit hard. That's what has happened here. I'm in manufacturing / engineering and it saddens me every time I have to order cheaper inferior parts instead of quality (and I must admit, more expensive) UK made parts.
So, yes I feel your pain about this levy, I will feel it too as we buy GRP parts and I would guess about 50x more volume than you do. But hopefully in a couple of years the tide will turn. Chin up.
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