Guidance
Check if your goods can be moved into a UK Freeport customs site
Find out when you can and cannot move goods into or store goods in a UK Freeport customs site.
Where we refer to a ‘Freeport’ on this page, this also applies to ‘Green Freeports in Scotland’ unless otherwise stated.
When your goods can be moved into a Freeport customs site
You can move goods into, or store goods in, a Freeport customs site if they are not excluded goods.
Excluded goods include:
- certain animal hair and wool
- any animal or plant, whether alive or dead, or its parts or derivatives, of the species that are on the CITES list (see the Species+ website)
- articles bearing devices implying or tending to imply any government sanction or guarantee
- asbestos
- cat and dog fur, and products made from such fur
- counterfeit, pirated and patent infringing goods
- counterfeit currency notes
- fictitious postage stamps
- goods bearing a false trade description
- goods which are (in relation to a registered trademark) infringing goods, material or articles and the proprietor of the trademark, or a licensee
- goods which could be used for the purposes of capital punishment or torture and other cruel, degrading or inhuman treatment or punishment, or in related technical assistance
- indecent or obscene material that would be prohibited from being imported into the UK
- prison-made goods
- rough diamonds
- tickets, advertisements and other material relating to foreign lotteries
Find out more about prohibited or restricted goods.
Published 15 November 2021