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Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
Find out what happens when a pre-lodged import declaration is rejected and what you need to do to get your goods released.
Get help to classify footwear and parts of footwear for import and export.
Rules for moving goods between the UK and EU under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Guidance for EU exporters, exporters from rest of the world and UK importers, on how to import groupage or mixed load consignments of animal products into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Find out about safety and security requirements that apply to goods entering and exiting the UK.
Find out about repayment and remission of customs duties by HMRC and how to apply.
Follow these steps to take when preparing to make a BIRDS declaration or Customs Clearance Request on the Customs Declaration Service.
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
Find out how to value your goods to help when working out the VAT due when importing goods into the UK.
If you’re importing commercial samples from countries outside the UK, you may be able to claim relief from Customs Duty and VAT.
Use the Customs Declaration Service to claim back import duty and VAT on damaged imports, or form C&E1179 for Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF).
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
Check what processes are considered as insufficient production under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Find out how you can use, process or store similar free circulation goods in place of goods that you have declared for a customs special procedure.
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
How you import from and export to Vietnam.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Find out about the customs simplified procedure aggregation rules for the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
Find out how and when to make a delayed supplementary declaration if you’re using simplified declarations to bring goods into Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).
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