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Services

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• HMRC exchange rates for 2018: monthly

  Guidance

  27 September 2018

  HM Revenue & Customs

• HMRC exchange rates for 2017: monthly

  Guidance

  27 November 2017

  HM Revenue & Customs

• The single market (VAT Notice 725)

  Detailed guide

  31 July 2018

  HM Revenue & Customs

• Existing free trade agreements if there's no Brexit deal
  • Guidance
  • 12 October 2018
  • Department for International Development, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Department for International Trade
• Goods exported from the UK (VAT Notice 703)
  • Detailed guide
  • 24 March 2014
  • HM Revenue & Customs

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News and communications

18 October 2018 — Press release

Tilbury Port to capitalise on opportunities to boost trade

Department for International Trade

1. UK-Ghana Business Council meeting joint communique
   • 18 October 2018
   • World news story
2. UK fintech takes centre stage at Sibos and Intersekt
   • 18 October 2018
   • World news story
3. The Trade Dividend
   • 17 October 2018
   • Department for International Trade
   • Speech
4. £2 billion of new investment opportunities launched across the UK
   • 17 October 2018
   • Department for International Trade
   • News story

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Research and statistics

• Trade and investment core statistics book
  • 18 October 2018
  • Department for International Trade
  • Official statistics
• Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 2014
  • 16 October 2018
  • Export Control Joint Unit and Department for International Trade
  • Official statistics
• Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 1 July to 30 September 2015
  • 16 October 2018
  • Export Control Joint Unit and Department for International Trade
  • Official statistics
• Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 1 April to 30 June 2015
  • 16 October 2018
  • Export Control Joint Unit and Department for International Trade
  • Official statistics
• Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 1 April to 30 June 2017
  • 16 October 2018
  • Export Control Joint Unit and Department for International Trade
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Overseas sales soar for Simworx following support from UKEF
  • 8 October 2018
  • UK Export Finance
  • Case study
• Joint Statement: Inaugural meeting of US-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group
  • 18 September 2018
  • HM Treasury
  • Policy paper
• UKEF helps Bioguard Hygiene find export success in the Middle East
  • 6 September 2018
  • UK Export Finance
  • Case study
• Export Strategy: supporting and connecting businesses to grow on the world stage
  • 21 August 2018
  • UK Export Finance and Department for International Trade
  • Policy paper
• DIT approach to engagement for the pre-negotiation phase of trade negotiations
  • 6 August 2018
  • Department for International Trade
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Department for International Trade single departmental plan
  • 9 October 2018
  • Department for International Trade
  • Corporate report
• Government Annuities Investment Fund account 2010
  • 6 August 2018
  • UK Debt Management Office
  • Corporate report
• UK Strategic Export Controls annual report 2017
  • 23 July 2018
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Corporate report
• Department for International Trade annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018
  • 19 July 2018
  • Department for International Trade
  • Corporate report
• FOI release: Foreign Secretary dines in Lagos, August 2017
  • 19 July 2018
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Foi release

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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. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
13. Department for Transport
14. Department for Work & Pensions
15. Home Office
16. Life Sciences Organisation
17. Intellectual Property Office
18. Animal & Plant Health Agency
19. Export Guarantees Advisory Council
20. Northern Ireland Office
21. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
22. Department for Education
23. Rural Payments Agency
24. The Insolvency Service
25. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
26. Ministry of Justice
27. Border Force
28. Companies House
29. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
30. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
31. Office for Low Emission Vehicles
32. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
33. Stabilisation Unit
34. Financial Services Trade and Investment Board
35. Government Actuary's Department
36. Government Office for Science
37. Industrial Development Advisory Board
38. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
39. Certification Officer
40. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
41. Civil Service
42. Crown Commercial Service
43. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
44. HM Passport Office
45. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
46. Office for Product Safety & Standards
47. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
48. Planning Inspectorate
49. Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
50. Public Health England
51. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
52. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
53. 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. Defence Equipment and Support
12. Forestry Commission
13. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
14. UK Space Agency
15. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
16. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
17. Dounreay
18. HM Land Registry
19. Office for Life Sciences
20. Office of Tax Simplification
21. Regulatory Policy Committee