05 / Carneco DirectFor international agri, wellness & regulated brands

Your turnkey infrastructure for entering the UK market.

Carneco Direct acts as an operational springboard for international companies in the agricultural, wellness and regulated sectors — establishing an immediate commercial presence in the UK using our local import and merchant framework.

What you get to use

  • Importer of Record (IOR) servicesOur established UK import infrastructure, licences and compliance frameworks handle legal customs clearance and regulatory entry for global brands.
  • Merchant of Record (MOR) solutionsLocal tax compliance, currency settlement and B2B commercial contracting to simplify sales into UK businesses.
  • Omnichannel expansionPlug-and-play support for wholesale B2B pipelines, alongside dedicated fulfilment structures to power future e-commerce rollouts.

Instead of spending years establishing UK entities, bank accounts and regulatory clearance, foreign brands leverage our local footprint to launch and generate revenue immediately.

Pallets racked inside a UK third-party logistics warehouse

Four ways to work together

Option A

Exclusive UK distributor

You sell stock to Carneco. We import, hold inventory and sell to UK accounts, with UK revenues collected by us. The cleanest conventional route, with the least administration for you.

Option B

UK commercial agent

Under an HMRC Section 47 arrangement you keep ownership of the product. We act as your UK import and sales agent, collect funds and remit net proceeds — so you retain full commercial equity without a UK subsidiary.

Option C — our preference

Direct sell & fulfilment

You sell directly to your UK customers while we handle UK landing, customs clearance, 3PL warehousing and rapid pallet or parcel distribution. You own the relationship; we make the logistics disappear.

Option D

Full turnkey setup

Working with regulated UK accounting agents, we help you create a local entity, register for VAT and get introductions to UK banking — for producers who want their own permanent UK base.

Established 1994
Over 30 years in UK food importation and wholesale
Established importer
Systems, registrations and supplier relationships in place
End to end
Customs, compliance, documentation, logistics and warehousing
Trade network
Wholesalers, cash & carries, foodservice and specialist retail

Tell us about your product

Send us what you make, where it ships from, and which UK customers you have in mind. We will come back with the route we would recommend.

Choose the closest fit — we'll route it to the right team.

Short is fine — the more useful detail can wait until we're talking.