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When you must use the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS), and how to register and enrol.
Find out what to do when you transport goods out of the UK under a transit movement to common transit countries.
Find out if your goods have Union (EU) status and how to prove Union (EU) status if your goods are moving to ports or airports in the EU or from and to Northern Ireland.
Find out how to pay less or no duty when you move goods temporarily out of Great Britain and between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
How transit can help you move goods through customs and where you can use transit to move goods to.
How to plan your route and make declarations if your transit movement is starting in Northern Ireland.
Support for providers and commissioners to make evidence-based appraisals of how the benefits compare with the costs of various approaches to move care closer to home.
Find out what to do when you transport goods under a transit movement into or through the UK from common transit countries.
How to plan your route and make declarations if your transit movement is starting in Great Britain.
How to access and use the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) to submit electronic transit declarations.
What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.
Check how you can operate an authorised consignee temporary storage facility so you can store goods for up to 6 days, including how to get authorised.
How to apply to become an authorised consignor or consignee, and get authorised for other transit simplifications.
How to manage a temporary storage facility, how to handle goods, what records to keep, how to increase the size of, or move goods between facilities.
These videos provide information about moving goods between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the EU. They cover new rules that have come into force in 2022.
What you and the exporter are responsible for, what to do after a transit movement ends and how to end a movement at your own premises.
Freight forwarders oversee the worldwide movement of cargo, packing, documentation and customs clearance, on behalf of importers and exporters.
If you're using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service, find out what you must do if you are a carrier and need to check if a goods movement reference is valid and if goods can be moved.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
How to move, store and trade duty-suspended and duty-paid excise goods.
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