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Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
There are restrictions on what items you can take in your hand luggage and…
There are restrictions on the amount of liquids you can take in your hand…
When travelling with a baby you’re allowed to take enough baby food, baby…
Musical instruments Contact your airline before you book if you want to…
You’re allowed to carry the following in your hand luggage: essential…
You can only take certain electronic devices and electrical items on…
Allowed in hand luggage Allowed in hold luggage Sports parachute Yes Yes…
Allowed in hand luggage Allowed in hold luggage Tool with a blade or shaft…
You cannot take any of these items as hand luggage or in the hold:…
You cannot take any guns or firearms (including air rifles and starting…
Get your goods cleared by the National Clearance Hub when moving goods into, out of, or through the UK.
Restrictions on items you can take into a court or tribunal building; going through security
Putting your goods into temporary storage means you can delay the full customs declaration and payment of import VAT and duty for up to 90 days.
Find out the UK's requirements for the holding and movement of excise goods in duty suspension within the UK and the EU.
Requirements for excise goods held in duty suspension in a warehouse by an authorised warehousekeeper, registered owner, duty representative or registered consignor in the UK.
Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
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.
How you import from and export to Turkey.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing inherited goods into the UK.
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 move, store and trade duty-suspended and duty-paid excise goods.
Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
Find out how to manage a customs warehouse, handle goods, and process, repair and move goods.
Register as an owner of duty suspended goods held in an excise warehouse or as a Freeport owner of excise goods held in a Freeport excise warehouse.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
Holdover relief on gifts means you do not pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you give away business assets and some shares - eligibility, how it works, how to claim it
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
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