SPE15865 - Removals for export: exports of cultural goods

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An export licence is required for certain cultural goods, antiques and works of art over 50 years old. This includes goods held under customs warehousing and Channel Islands (but not the Isle of Man). The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is responsible for export licensing policy.

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The Exports Licensing Unit of The Arts Council process licence applications and issue cultural goods export licences on behalf of the DCMS. Arts Council also gives rulings as to whether or not particular cultural goods require an export licence.

SI 2003 No. 2759

The Exports Licensing Unit of The Arts Council can be contacted at:

Export Licensing Unit
Arts Council England
Bloomsbury Street,
Bloomsbury,
London
WC1B 3HF

Note: Northern Ireland (NI) customs authorisations will continue to fall within the provisions of the Union Customs Code (UCC), as retained by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and CEMA 1979.