Hurryup&wait:
Basel recently at A5/German border on a Monday afternoon, 30 minute queue to enter compound and 60 minutes to clear.Plenty around me seemed to clear a bit faster as always but is that just my imagination or the agent we use■■?
I think the quicker clearing is your imagination, 1hr - 1hr30 is about normal, but it isn’t essential to clear on the border unless that’s where your agent is. We use an agent over near Zurich, so we’re only at the border long enough to get our T forms scanned, then we’re away unless we get a ‘controlle’ at the border. Same at Weil am Rhein, if we have to use that border for some reason. We try not to because there’s usually some Qing to get into the border.
15 to 30 minutes Q into the border is about normal at Wiel I think. Quite aften see a Q there on my way out, but no Q at St Louis by that time.
We pick up stuff in St Louis town, so if I cross out into Germany I’ll see the Q. Then go and load and run out through France to see no Q.