BREXIT: An increase in activity but a shortage of qualified workers
Since January 2021, the official date of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, 3 million additional declarations are expected each year in France. Indeed, as explained in our December and January editions, all companies trading goods with the UK must now make a customs declaration via the Customs’ DELTA computer system.
They can manage this clearance process internally using decision support tools or be supported by external customs administrations and service providers.
In all cases, this increase in activity requiring expertise must be followed by the recruitment of operational staff to handle these procedures. However, the sector is facing a shortage of qualified profiles.
The University of Le Havre: the first of many?
In response to this problem, the University of Le Havre is going to offer a degree aimed at training in customs formalities. The idea is not new: companies have been calling for a university course dedicated to customs operations for some time. With the arrival of Brexit and the shortage of senior profiles known in the sector, things have accelerated.
This general law-economy-management degree in international trade and customs activities will be open to around twenty students per year. Its aim will be to train future declarants and customs agents for companies. This university course, which aims to professionalise students, will alternate between one week at the university and two weeks in a company.
The programme should be available from the start of the new academic year on 4 October.
We hope that our other university campuses will follow in the footsteps of Le Havre!
Especially as many Irish companies have already started to hunt for our French customs profiles (there are very few establishments that train in customs procedures in Ireland).
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