Trade and investment

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Services

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. Sign in to HMRC excise, import and export services

   Sign in to Intrastat, eBTI and New Export System and other excise, import and export services

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 an EORI number

   Apply to get an Economic Operator Registration and Identification scheme (EORI) number to export or import goods to or from countries outside the EU

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Guidance and regulation

1. HMRC exchange rates for 2018: monthly
   • Guidance
   • 26 November 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs
2. HMRC exchange rates for 2017: monthly
   • Guidance
   • 27 November 2017
   • HM Revenue & Customs
3. The single market (VAT Notice 725)
   • Detailed guide
   • 24 October 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs
4. Get a UK EORI number to trade within the EU
   • Detailed guide
   • 4 December 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs
5. Goods exported from the UK (VAT Notice 703)
   • Detailed guide
   • 24 March 2014
   • HM Revenue & Customs

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News and communications

13 December 2018 — News story

UK welcomes approval of new trade agreement with Japan

Department for International Trade

1. Rolls Royce seals deal at UK-Lebanon Business & Investment event
   • 12 December 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Department for International Trade
   • Press release
2. Batch Brew bottles export success
   • 11 December 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Department for International Trade
   • News story
3. UKEF and VAMED agree framework to boost UK healthcare exports
   • 10 December 2018
   • UK Export Finance
   • Press release
4. Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Chair Statement 2018
   • 10 December 2018
   • World news story

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Research and statistics

1. Regional trade in goods statistics disaggregated by smaller geographical areas: 2017
   • 11 December 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Official statistics
2. UK overseas trade in goods statistics: October 2018
   • 11 December 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • National statistics
3. UK overseas trade in goods statistics October 2018: import and export data
   • 11 December 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Statistical data set
4. Regional trade statistics third quarter 2018: accompanying tables
   • 6 December 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Statistical data set
5. Regional trade statistics interactive analysis: third quarter 2018
   • 6 December 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Industrial Strategy: the Grand Challenges
   • 13 December 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Policy paper
2. UK goods and services schedules at the WTO
   • 7 December 2018
   • Department for International Trade
   • Policy paper
3. Industrial Strategy: Sector Deals
   • 6 December 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Policy paper
4. HMRC impact assessment for the movement of goods if the UK leaves the EU without a deal
   • 4 December 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Impact assessment
5. DIT Education Sector Advisory Group minutes: 19 April 2018
   • 4 December 2018
   • Department for International Trade
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. UK Export Finance: prompt payment reports
   • 10 December 2018
   • UK Export Finance
   • Transparency
2. UKEF's implementation of the Equator Principles (1st November 2017 - 31st October 2018)
   • 29 November 2018
   • UK Export Finance
   • Corporate report
3. Healthcare UK annual review April 2017 to March 2018
   • 31 October 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, Healthcare UK, and Department for International Trade
   • Corporate report
4. Department for International Trade single departmental plan
   • 9 October 2018
   • Department for International Trade
   • Corporate report
5. Government Annuities Investment Fund account 2010
   • 6 August 2018
   • UK Debt Management Office
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. HM Revenue & Customs
3. Department for International Trade
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. UK Export Finance

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1. Ministry of Defence
2. Cabinet Office
3. HM Treasury
4. Department for International Development
5. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
6. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
7. Department of Health & Social Care
8. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
9. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
10. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
11. Department for Exiting the European Union
12. Department for Transport
13. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
14. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
15. Department for Work & Pensions
16. Home Office
17. Life Sciences Organisation
18. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
19. Intellectual Property Office
20. Animal & Plant Health Agency
21. Export Guarantees Advisory Council
22. Northern Ireland Office
23. Department for Education
24. Rural Payments Agency
25. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
26. The Insolvency Service
27. Ministry of Justice
28. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
29. Border Force
30. Companies House
31. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
32. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
33. Office for Low Emission Vehicles
34. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
35. Stabilisation Unit
36. Financial Services Trade and Investment Board
37. Government Actuary's Department
38. Government Office for Science
39. Industrial Development Advisory Board
40. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
41. Certification Officer
42. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
43. Civil Service
44. Crown Commercial Service
45. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
46. HM Passport Office
47. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
48. Office for Product Safety & Standards
49. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
50. Planning Inspectorate
51. Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
52. Public Health England
53. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
54. Veterinary Medicines Directorate

1. Export Control Joint Unit
2. Innovate UK
3. Department for International Trade Defence & Security Organisation
4. Healthcare UK
5. Military Aviation Authority
6. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
7. Government Chemist
8. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
9. Environment Agency
10. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
11. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
12. Defence Equipment and Support
13. Forestry Commission
14. UK Space Agency
15. Dounreay
16. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
17. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
18. HM Land Registry
19. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
20. Magnox Ltd
21. Office for Life Sciences
22. Office of Tax Simplification
23. Radioactive Waste Management
24. Regulatory Policy Committee
25. Sellafield Ltd