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How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
Find out about trade agreements that can be used now.
How the government monitors imports into the UK.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services.
You can use a SIEL to make shipments of specified military or dual-use items to a named consignee and/or end user.
How you import from and export to Turkey.
How the UK's strategic export controls apply to academics, university researchers and their institutions, and when an export licence is needed.
How to use the online export licensing system to get a licence to export controlled goods, software and technology overseas.
How you import from and export to Vietnam.
What import and export restrictions apply due to sanctions for UK companies when trading with Russia.
When military end-use export controls apply and to which destinations.
Licence allowing the export of technology and the information needed for the development, and production of, military goods.
Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
Find the UK’s preferential tariffs and Rules of Origin for the agreements contained within the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Tariff Quotas) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
This open general import licence (OGIL) permits the importation of all goods into the United Kingdom, subject to the various exceptions it sets out.
Licence for the export of a wide range of military equipment to low-risk destinations.
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