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The VAT Warehouse

An alternative solution

This alternative solution has been instituted by the Belgian legislators to encourage imports via Belgian ports and offers huge advantages : minimum investments, accessibility and exemption of V.A.T.

From a commercial point of view, the disposal of a limited stock of your products in Europe during the initial phase of the search of customers will create more opportunities for reaching this goal.

The availability of a stock on hand will be an important incentive for potential customers to proceed with test orders.

The experience has shown that the proximity and readiness to supply are major trumps for commercializing new products.

In function of the development of your business in Europe, you’ll have various options with respect to the V.A.T. warehouse :

you can stop using it and have all your products directly imported by your commercial partners
or keep a certain stock hence as a buffer stock and/or for sales purposes to potential new customers and/or for deliveries to retailers.

Mechanisms