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How transit can help you move goods through customs and where you can use transit to move goods to.
Use form C88 (CAP) CIE to comply with New Export System (NES) and Single Administrative Document (SAD).
How to use Union Transit to move non-EU goods within the UK or EU, and to move goods to or from the special territories.
How HMRC calculates and notifies UK-based businesses about customs civil penalties for contraventions of EU and national legal requirements.
Find out how you can use, process or store similar free circulation goods in place of goods that you have declared for a customs special procedure.
Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
Check if you'll need an import licence and what import duty you'll need to pay when importing certain agricultural goods and food from outside the UK.
What happens if you underpay import or export duties and who is responsible for the debt.
Find out about customs guarantees and when you may need one.
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.
Find out whether you're established in the UK for customs purposes.
Find out how to recognise official customs seals and how authorised traders can use their own seals in place of official customs seals.
How to get a guarantor when you have authorisation to use a customs comprehensive guarantee.
Find out about the different types of delivery costs, and which ones you must include or exclude in the customs value if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
You may need an individual guarantee or a customs comprehensive guarantee to enter goods into a customs special procedure and defer duty.
Find out about repayment and remission of customs duties by HMRC and how to apply.
Find out about the customs value and using the valuation methods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
Find out which method you should use to calculate the customs value if you’re a selling agent or branch office.
What you need to do when making a full declaration to bring or receive goods into the UK.
UK offices where movements under the Community and Common Transit procedures can start and end.
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