British Pavilion at Global Pet Expo

Thu 25 - Sat 27 March 2010

www.globalpetexpo.org

The American Pet Products Association (APPA) has offered PetQuip the chance to organise the first ever British pavilion at Global Pet Expo. The offer comes as part of a pilot programme to enhance global access to the pet products market in the USA. The APPA estimates that the market this year will be worth a staggering $45.4 billion.

This year’s Global Pet Expo had 779 exhibitors and drew more than 4,100 pet care product buyers from around the world. The show is open to independent retailers, distributors, mass-market buyers, and other qualified professionals. It is not open to the public.

Government grants of £1,800 through UK Trade & Investment’s Tradeshow Access Programme are available to eligible British SME’s to help offset the cost of stand space and construction.

For all new exhibitors who display in the British pavilion, the APPA has also agreed to waive its membership requirement* for participants at Global Pet Expo. That concession alone saves new exhibitors a minimum of £1,100.

For more information about costs and exhibitor options at Global Pet Expo 2010 please click here: www.americanpetproducts.org/englandpavilion

The deadline for applications has been extended to 15 December but hurry – there’s a limit on both the number of government grants and places in the British pavilion.

If you need assistance with any of these forms, please do not hesitate to phone Emma Lewis or Theresa Swann on +44 (0) 1959 565 995.

*APPA members receive additional benefits for the full membership subscription

New dates for PetEx 2010

Stand discount of 12.5 per cent for members of PetQuip

Next year’s PetEx is being held on Sunday 12 – Monday 13 September at the RDS Dublin. This is an alteration to the dates recently announced in the November issue of Gardenex & PetQuip News.

Innovative Events are staging and promoting the second edition of PetEx, which brings trade buyers and sellers together at one event solely dedicated to the pet and aquatics industry. The market in Ireland for pet food and pet care products is valued at around €200 million and has been consistently growing. It is set to be worth €205.4 million in 2010 and €211 million in 2011 according to Euromonitor International’s Pet Food and Pet Care Products in Ireland published in 2007.

The organisers are offering a 12.5 per cent discount to members of PetQuip. They are also offering a similar discount at the consumer event Pet Expo, the provisional dates of which are Friday 29 – Sunday 31 Oct 2010.

For more information about the event please download a PDF here (1.25Mb)

To book a stand at PetEx at the discounted rate, please call Marie (quoting your PetQuip membership number) on +353 (0) 1 4951645 or email: marie@petex.ie

Intrastat - Changes from 1 January 2010

Revenue & Customs Brief 69/09

HMRC has announced significant changes to the Intrastat thresholds. Intrastat is used to report the movement of goods within the EU over certain thresholds. Those traders with an annual intra-EU trade in goods exceeding the exemption thresholds are required to provide monthly statistical returns (Intrastat Supplementary declarations).

From 1 January 2010, subject to parliamentary approval:

• the exemption threshold for arrivals will be increased from £270,000 to £600,000 and

• the exemption threshold for dispatches will be reduced from £270,000 to £250,000.

The significant change in the arrivals threshold is due to a reduction in the EU minimum requirement for Member States to collect data from 97 to 95 per cent.

The threshold for dispatches has been reduced to £250,000 due to the current economic downturn and the consequent reduction in the number of UK businesses trading within the EU.

More about the changes to Intrastat thresholds can be found at HMRC Brief