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The customs officials would call that customs fraud... Ham and other processed foodstuffs are not merely "modified" versions of the input ingredients; they are
by gamblor956 2y ago
The customs officials would call that customs fraud...
Ham and other processed foodstuffs are not merely "modified" versions of the input ingredients; they are distinct products.
I think the missing part of the story is that the importers are getting away with it using the universal trade lubricant: a little bit of $$$.
- magicalhippo 2y agoOne would think, but apparently some EU rule that overrides[1], thanks to our EEA membership[2]. Managed to dig up the article I read back when it was posted, but I've heard from others in the business just a couple of years ago they're still doing it. edit: Oh and I realize I was having a brainfart, so "modified" should have been "processed". One of those words that can map to multiple English words. [1]: https://www.nrk.no/norge/ellevill-skinkereise-1.11613122 https://www.nrk.no/norge/ellevill-skinkereise-1.11613122 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area
- gamblor956 2y agoAh that's a very different thing from your original comment. It's not a raw carcass being brought into Norway; it's ham. (Yes, this distinction matters. Ham is pork which has already been salted.) Sending ham back to Spain for further curing and mechanical processing would just be considered processing under EU customs rules since it gets sent out as ham...and comes back as ham.
- magicalhippo 2y agoFair point, I went off what I was told from someone on the inside a decade or so ago, and I distinctly recall them referring to importing a pig and not ham. Then I recalled the article I had read some years later and managed to dig it up. Still, a creative trick to avoid tariffs, if wasteful.