Reply To: Dear UK miniature makers

[danlee 22443xp 3]

It has been a case of a perfect storm affecting prices, but to say Brexit has nothing to do with it is ignoring a major factor.

 

In the case of Kickstarter deliveries from China, and restocking international distribution hubs, then yes the rise in price of shipping containers is having an impact. But individual customer deliveries between the UK and EU countries don’t use shipping containers. They use courier companies that operate vans, lorries, and cargo planes for these “medium range” journeys. The price of a shipping container won’t have an affect. It all comes down to customs and admin charges (with perhaps an effect of rising fuel prices as well).

 

I’m in the UK and have seen first hand the fuel shortages in recent weeks (mainly triggered by mass-panic rather than by a true shortage in supply) and have also seen the rolling stock shortages in supermarkets. What I mean by this is you can go into the shop and buy bread, but your preferred brand could be out of stock for several days as they cannot restock it as fast as usual. Our politicians tell us these issues are affecting the entire EU, yet when I hear reports direct from the EU no-one is experiencing them.

 

Perhaps some of our EU based members could fill us in. Is the rest of Europe suffering from a fuel and logistics crisis, or is it just the UK?