More than 50 countries have grounded flights to the UK, paralyzed logistics! A large number of Amazon stores have been banned from selling!

More than 50 countries have grounded flights to the UK, paralyzed logistics! A large number of Amazon stores have been banned from selling!

The new strain of the coronavirus in the UK has caused panic across Europe, with many countries issuing "lockdown orders" and closing their borders to the UK. Many countries have urgently suspended flights to and from the UK, and for a time, logistics in the UK seemed to have come to a standstill.


More than 50 countries and regions urgently suspend flights to the UK



It is understood that on Wednesday, December 30, it is expected that most parts of England will be announced to join the Level 4 lockdown along with London and parts of southeast England. So far, more than 50 countries and regions have announced that they will temporarily put the UK on the flight "blacklist", some of which are as follows:


In addition, out of concern about the spread of the mutant new coronavirus, at least 30 countries and regions in the world have issued travel bans on the UK, including Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Russia, Switzerland and India.



In addition to restricting the entry of people, the transportation of goods has also been blocked. France announced a ban on British freight, which cut off the UK's main freight channel to Europe and disrupted trade between ports such as Dover and Calais, which originally handled up to 10,000 trucks of freight every day.



Before the suspension of flights, the logistics situation in the UK was not optimistic. Before that, the UK ports were already seriously congested. It is reported that in front of the freight entrance of the European Tunnel at the Port of Dover, the congestion lasted for several kilometers.

The UK's "no-deal Brexit" may cause the congestion in front of Dover Port to continue to worsen.

The situation on British roads is not optimistic either, with long queues of trucks seen on many sections of highways.


Now that many European countries have suspended flights to the UK, the capacity issue has been challenged again. Although China has not yet suspended flights back to the UK, if the epidemic in the UK continues to worsen, the next result is likely to be the same, and all sellers should be prepared in advance.


All this means that logistics costs are getting higher and higher for European sellers, especially those on the UK site.


UK shipments suspended and delayed indefinitely


Recently, a freight forwarder said that due to the impact of the epidemic, shipments that are now transferred to the UK and then sent to other countries will be returned. Therefore, sellers should pay attention in the near future and try to avoid transferring to the UK, which will cause indefinite delays.

We learned from the freight forwarder that although many sellers have already transferred their inventory, the severe logistics situation may cause the sellers' inventory to be stuck on the road and delayed. At the same time, the freight forwarder said that this situation may cause sellers to complete cross-border transactions after 24:00 on December 31, which is 0:00 on January 1, and this will also involve the payment of tariffs.

(Screenshot of chat with freight forwarder)

A logistics company issued an emergency alert: DPD announced that due to the closure of the border from the UK to the EU in France, all DPD goods to Europe cannot be shipped, effective immediately. A freight forwarder added that from now on, all goods from the UK transiting other countries will be returned to the bound UK address, and the seller will be communicated with urgently to change to the UK Amazon warehouse.



Amazon's delivery has also been affected. Amazon issued an announcement stating that the French government has temporarily closed its border with the UK and freight between the UK and the EU. Due to these delays, as well as the upcoming Brexit customs border, Amazon's partner operator UPS is unable to fully support cross-border transportation. Amazon will temporarily suspend cooperative small package deliveries between the UK and the EU, effective immediately.

For cross-border small parcel shipments that have been received and are in the UPS network, sellers can find the latest news on the UPS website. The UPS tracking status of the affected small parcel shipments will be marked as Euro Tunnel, and if the shipment cannot be transported to the destination, UPS will return it to the seller.




A large number of Amazon stores have been banned from selling



Recently, many sellers have received emails about tax information updates . The emails roughly require that tax information be updated before December 31, 2020, otherwise the sales rights will be suspended .



The original email reads: “

Your Form W-8 will expire on December 31, 2020. Once your form expires, your selling privileges will be suspended until you provide updated information.”


In fact, many sellers received emails a few days ago, but they never took it seriously...until today, many sellers reported that their stores suddenly showed incorrect product information and were moved to the place where there was no inventory for sale .


Some sellers also said that their accounts were not closed and the backend displayed normal status, but their sales permissions were removed and their products were shown as unavailable for sale .

This Amazon tax investigation requires sellers to complete their tax information before December 31st, so how do they do it? Experienced sellers share the following operation process for reference only:

first step

Click to enter and provide your tax identity information to begin the tax survey:


Step 2

Click on the tax investigation to start: on the first screen, select "Business" and "No".

Step 3

The organization name filled in for tax identity information is the full company name, filled in in pinyin. Select the correct country and region (Hong Kong, China sellers, please select Hong Kong, China in the organization's country).

Step 4

Mailing Address: Or enter your preferred address for further communications with Amazon.

The seller should fill in the pinyin of the legal person's name, first name + last name (such as Zhang San, fill in San Zhang)

Finally, click Submit form and the tax investigation is completed.


Some sellers followed the above methods and said that their links have been restored one after another.


However, some sellers said that the link was not restored after submitting the tax investigation information. Some sellers also shared solutions:


After filling in the information, go to the Amazon inventory that is not for sale, re-publish with one click, and it will be on sale after a few minutes. However, the update of the Amazon inventory that is not for sale is not that fast. As long as the product is on sale, orders will be placed.



I hope everyone can refer to the above steps and restore the store link as soon as possible~

2020 is really a year that makes sellers extremely entangled. No matter what the performance this year is like, everything is in the past. Now let’s start preparing for next year!


(Source: SellerGrowth )

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