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  1. Trade Tariff: look up commodity codes, duty and VAT rates

    Search for import and export commodity codes and for tax, duty and licences that apply to your goods

  2. Get an EORI number

    Apply to get an EORI number to export or import goods into or out of the EU

  3. Tax and customs for goods sent from abroad

    VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents

  4. Bringing goods into the UK

    Bringing in goods when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, EU and non-EU arrivals, and banned and restricted goods

  5. Get your business ready to import from the EU to the UK after Brexit

    What you need to do now to make sure you’re able to receive goods from the UK to the EU, if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Bringing merchandise from or to the UK in baggage or a small motor vehicle in a no-deal Brexit
    • Detailed guide
    • HM Revenue & Customs
  2. Check temporary rates of customs duty (tariffs) on imports after a no-deal Brexit
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for International Trade
  3. Register for simplified import procedures in a no-deal Brexit
    • Detailed guide
    • HM Revenue & Customs
  4. Temporary rates of customs duty (tariffs) on imports after no-deal Brexit
    • Guidance
    • Department for International Trade
  5. UK trade agreements with non-EU countries in a no-deal Brexit
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for International Trade
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News and communications

Press release

UK launches programme to promote trade with Brazil

Department for International Trade

  1. International Trade Secretary’s vision for new UK-USA trade agreement
    • Department for International Trade
    • Press release
  2. Liam Fox visits Turkey to strengthen trade relations
    • Department for International Trade
    • Press release
  3. UK and Korea sign joint statement for trade continuity
    • Department for International Trade
    • Press release
  4. UK, Norway and Iceland sign trade continuity agreement 
    • Department for International Trade
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. UK trade agreement continuity: statistics and analysis
    • Department for International Trade
    • Official statistics
  2. Defence and Security Exports for 2017
    • Department for International Trade Defence & Security Organisation
    • Official statistics
  3. DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2016: Trade
    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
    • Official statistics
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Continuing the UK's trade relationship with the Andean countries: parliamentary report
    • Department for International Trade
    • Policy paper
  2. Tax Information and Impact Note for the UK Tariff 2019
    • HM Revenue & Customs
    • Policy paper
  3. HMRC impact assessment for the movement of goods if the UK leaves the EU without a deal
    • HM Revenue & Customs
    • Impact assessment
  4. HMRC impact assessment for the VAT treatment of low value parcels
    • HM Revenue & Customs
    • Impact assessment
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Organisations

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