Guidance and regulation

How to use the Trade Tariff tool or get help to classify your goods, so you pay the right amount of Customs Duty and import VAT.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 22 August 2022

Find the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared such as licences and certificates (Appendix 5A).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 24 April 2024

Get help to classify electrical equipment such as communication equipment, cameras, and their parts and accessories.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 7 August 2023

Find codes for the preferential origin status of goods (Appendix 12).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 9 December 2022

You may be able to pay no Customs Duty or a reduced amount of duty for goods you bring or receive into the UK, depending on what they are and what you do with them.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 5 August 2021

Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 7 April 2017

Find a list of codes for the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared (for example, licences and certificates) in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5A).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 25 April 2024

Find out the codes to be used to provide additional information in Data Element (DE) 2/2 of the customs declaration or clearance request (Appendix 4).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 22 April 2024

Get help to classify various types of vehicles such as mobility scooters, dumpers and utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and e-bikes for import and export.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 23 April 2021

Check for workarounds to the declaration completion instructions for Customs Declaration Service known errors if you’re submitting a customs clearance request or customs declaration.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 11 April 2024

Find the codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for maritime ports and wharves (Appendix 16C).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 25 April 2024

Find the supervising office (SPOFF) codes for Data Element 5/27 when making a declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 17).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 13 March 2023

Find a list of document status codes for Data Element 2/3 of the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 5B).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 12 December 2023

Get help classifying computers, inkjet and toner cartridges and their components.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 20 December 2018

Find codes which identify the type of customs authorisation held (Appendix 6).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 23 March 2024

Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 3 August 2012

How a commodity code and related additional code affects what is needed on an import or export declaration (or customs clearance request).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 19 October 2021

Get help to classify plastics for import and export.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 26 April 2017

Find the codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) ports (Appendix 16S).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 22 December 2023

Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 16 March 2023