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<p>To support SMEs, Defra has identified and issued guidance on a number of facilitations
and mitigations to reduce the burden of sanitary and phytosanitary import requirements
using groupage.</p><p> </p><p>The Common User Charge is designed to spread the costs
to be recovered across the maximum number of imports. This approach distributes the
cost across business of all sizes and sectors and provides a high level of predictability
on costs for all importers.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of the Common User Charge on
businesses, and especially on small businesses, will be kept under monthly and quarterly
reviews, with rates reviewed and updated annually.</p><p> </p>
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