On the subject of import tariffs around the world, nothing to do with brexit, but....
Apparently the USA has levied a 25% import tax on imported light trucks and vans for decades (according to Truck Trend Mag), called the ‘Chicken Tax’, which has it’s foundations in a global dispute over the import and export of poultry.
To avoid the tax on Europe built Sprinters exported to the States, since 2006 Merc has been dismantling the newly built vans, shipping them in bits, then reassembling them in South Carolina......
Sounds a ridiculous waste of money, but presumably it was cheaper than paying the tariff. Anyway, the 2019 Sprinter is now built from scratch in the S. Carolina factory, so common sense wins.
Was’t there a period when cars were exported to other parts of the World from the UK in ‘CKD’ form? Was that to save on freight cost or to avoid tariffs?