The impact of a possible trade dispute between the UK and EU: An IOE&IT member survey

Please give us your views

We wish to gauge your opinion on how potential EU retaliatory trade measures following the UK government's planned unilateral changes to the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol might impact your business. Therefore, we would be grateful if you can take part in this short questionnaire.

Your opinions would form part of our feedback to policy makers on how this uncertainty is affecting members and the wider trader community.

Anonymised responses

Any responses you provide will be anonymised before being aggregated for submission to HM Government (though we do ask you to identify yourself for verification purposes and so that we can enter you into a prize draw for Amazon vouchers).

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* 1. Your business details

Business name

Contact name

Job title

Email address

Telephone number

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* 2. Please provide your IOE&IT membership number

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* 3. Please tell us about your goods and/or services sold to or purchased from the European Union

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* 4. Please provide details on your main countries of export to the EU or the main countries in the EU you purchase from (for both trade in goods and trade in services)

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* 5. To what extent would a trade dispute between the UK and EU impact your business (please choose all that apply):

Significant impact: loss of business and/or increase in costs of doing business

Small/medium impact: a small loss of sales and/or small increase in costs of doing business

We would stop selling to the EU or stop buying from the EU

No impact

We do not know at this stage

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* 6. Please give us any extra detail on your chosen impacts

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* 7. Which of the following would have the biggest impact on your business in the event of a UK-EU trade dispute (pick all that apply)

Tariffs on your goods being exported to the EU

Tariffs on goods you purchase from the EU

Increased certification standards

Increased physical checks on goods entering the EU

Reputational damage to UK’s brand as a business partner

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* 8. Which of the following solutions is/are most likely to apply for your business to remain competitive in the event of a UK-EU trade dispute (pick all that apply):

Opening a legal entity in the European Union

Use of customs special procedures such as customs warehousing, inward processing, and outward processing

A reduction in the sales price of your exported goods with resulting loss of margin

Selling to a larger UK intermediary business that will consolidate and sell on a larger scale to the EU

Will pay increased cost of imported EU goods or component parts

I don’t know

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* 9. Please tell us of any other concerns you have around the prospect of a UK-EU trade dispute

(for example, the impact on your relationships with EU customers and suppliers, impacts on your ability to recruit from the EU, impact on digital trade)

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* 10. Would you like to hear more from IOE&IT on this topic? Please choose one

Yes, please

No, thank you

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* 11. What specific services should the IOE&IT offer its members in the event of trade dispute with the EU? Please choose all that apply

Training specific to managing change in UK-EU trade relations

Consultancy specific to managing change in UK-EU trade relations

Short updates (notes, webinars etc) as changes unfold

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* 12. Would you be willing to be interviewed by IOE&IT to develop a user story about your business and the impact any changes to the NI Protocol would have on your business? Please choose one

Yes, please – but anonymously

Yes, please – you can identify our business

No, thank you

A big thank you

We thank you for your contribution to this survey: together we can improve how we do business, with your input helping us represent the views of members and the international trade community to HM Government.

The impact of a possible trade dispute between the UK and EU: An IOE&IT member survey

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* 1. Your business details

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* 2. Please provide your IOE&IT membership number

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* 3. Please tell us about your goods and/or services sold to or purchased from the European Union

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* 4. Please provide details on your main countries of export to the EU or the main countries in the EU you purchase from (for both trade in goods and trade in services)

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* 5. To what extent would a trade dispute between the UK and EU impact your business (please choose all that apply):

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* 6. Please give us any extra detail on your chosen impacts

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* 7. Which of the following would have the biggest impact on your business in the event of a UK-EU trade dispute (pick all that apply)

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* 8. Which of the following solutions is/are most likely to apply for your business to remain competitive in the event of a UK-EU trade dispute (pick all that apply):

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* 9. Please tell us of any other concerns you have around the prospect of a UK-EU trade dispute (for example, the impact on your relationships with EU customers and suppliers, impacts on your ability to recruit from the EU, impact on digital trade)

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* 10. Would you like to hear more from IOE&IT on this topic? Please choose one

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* 11. What specific services should the IOE&IT offer its members in the event of trade dispute with the EU? Please choose all that apply

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* 12. Would you be willing to be interviewed by IOE&IT to develop a user story about your business and the impact any changes to the NI Protocol would have on your business? Please choose one

* 9. Please tell us of any other concerns you have around the prospect of a UK-EU trade dispute

(for example, the impact on your relationships with EU customers and suppliers, impacts on your ability to recruit from the EU, impact on digital trade)