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. Get an EORI number

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

   What you need to do now to make sure you’re able to export goods from the UK to the EU, after Brexit.

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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
   • 28 August 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
2. HMRC exchange rates for 2019: monthly
   • Guidance
   • 27 August 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
3. Check temporary rates of customs duty (tariffs) on imports after a no-deal Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 20 March 2019
   • Department for International Trade
4. Register for simplified import procedures in a no-deal Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 6 September 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
5. Finding commodity codes for imports or exports
   • Detailed guide
   • 21 December 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs

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News and communications

6 September 2019 — Press release

Liz Truss hosts first meeting of the Freeports Advisory Panel

Department for International Trade

1. UK strengthens Honduran citizens’ capacities to safeguard transparency
   • 5 September 2019
   • World news story
2. International Trade Dinner speech
   • 5 September 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Speech
3. Record-breaking year in exports for all UK nations
   • 5 September 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Press release
4. New service to open overseas markets for UK businesses
   • 5 September 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Regional trade statistics interactive analysis: second quarter 2019
   • 5 September 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Statistical data set
2. Regional trade statistics second quarter 2019: accompanying tables
   • 5 September 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Statistical data set
3. UK regional trade in goods statistics: second quarter 2019
   • 5 September 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • National statistics
4. Investment Bulletins
   • 30 August 2019
   • Government Actuary's Department
   • Research
5. UK trade agreement continuity: statistics and analysis
   • 28 August 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Trade with New Zealand
   • 18 July 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 27 October 2018
2. Trade with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership 
   • 18 July 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 27 October 2018
3. Continuing the UK's trade relationship with Central America: parliamentary report
   • 6 August 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Policy paper
4. Education Sector Advisory Group minutes 26 June 2019
   • 31 July 2019
   • Department for Education and Department for International Trade
   • Policy paper
5. Strategic Trade Advisory Group (STAG): summary of discussions 6 June 2019
   • 19 July 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. UK Strategic Export Controls annual report 2018
   • 18 July 2019
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Export Control Joint Unit
   • Corporate report
2. Department for International Trade annual report and accounts 2018 to 2019
   • 12 July 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Corporate report
3. UKEF's implementation of the Equator Principles (1 November 2018 to 31 March 2019)
   • 10 July 2019
   • UK Export Finance
   • Corporate report
4. UKEF: spend over £25,000, April 2019
   • 27 June 2019
   • UK Export Finance
   • Transparency
5. UKEF: spend over £25,000, May 2019
   • 27 June 2019
   • UK Export Finance
   • Transparency

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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. HM Treasury
3. Cabinet Office
4. Department for International Development
5. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
6. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
7. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
8. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
9. Department of Health & Social Care
10. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
11. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
12. Department for Transport
13. Department for Exiting the European Union
14. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
15. Home Office
16. Department for Work & Pensions
17. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
18. Life Sciences Organisation
19. Animal & Plant Health Agency
20. Department for Education
21. Export Guarantees Advisory Council
22. Intellectual Property Office
23. Northern Ireland Office
24. Rural Payments Agency
25. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
26. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
27. The Insolvency Service
28. Ministry of Justice
29. Border Force
30. Companies House
31. Government Actuary's Department
32. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
33. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
34. Office for Low Emission Vehicles
35. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
36. Financial Services Trade and Investment Board
37. Government Office for Science
38. HM Passport Office
39. Industrial Development Advisory Board
40. Stabilisation Unit
41. Certification Officer
42. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
43. Civil Service
44. Crown Commercial Service
45. Defence and Security Accelerator
46. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
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 in Conflict 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. Environment Agency
7. Government Chemist
8. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
9. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
10. Forestry Commission
11. Regulatory Policy Committee
12. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
13. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
14. Defence Equipment and Support
15. UK Space Agency
16. Dounreay
17. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
18. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
19. HM Land Registry
20. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
21. Magnox Ltd
22. Office for Life Sciences
23. Office of Tax Simplification
24. Radioactive Waste Management
25. Sellafield Ltd

Explore sub-topics

1. Customs declarations, duties and tariffs (import and export)
2. Digital trade
3. Exporting
4. Free trade
5. Importing
6. Inward investment
7. Outward investment
8. Trade barriers