franky1 : that is not allowed, there are rules of origin.
australia transport wine in big vats/caskets to the UK..
UK bottle it.
UK sell it to europe as 'australian wine bottled in UK'.
now its a UK origin product because UK done something to it
yet now australia can sell wine to europe tarriff free
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you would be surprised what they get away with.
rules of origin at normal ports. have slightly different rules than what coming via freeports
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A firm can import goods into a Freeport without paying tariffs, process them into a final good and then either pay a tariff on goods sold into the domestic market, or export the final goods without paying UK tariffs.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-outlines-new-plans-for-freeports-to-turbo-charge-post-brexit-tradeyou will be surprised what little needs to be done to 'process them into a final good'
be sure to keep an eye on products that say '[random country] [product] packaged in the UK'
american made iphone. reboxed in the uk