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Check the availability and any issues affecting the Customs Declaration Services.
Find the guidance, codes and procedures to use when importing or exporting goods when using the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
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 about customs special procedures and outward processing that allow you to suspend, pay less or pay no duty on goods you import or export.
This tax information and impact note is about allowing the import and export of time-critical and life-saving products, where a medical professional or those working on behalf of an organisation is unable to travel with the goods for the entire...
Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.
Find out if you need to declare goods you bring into or take out of the UK and how to make the declarations.
What you need to do when making a full declaration to bring or receive goods into the UK.
Check a list of software developers who can provide Customs Declaration Service and Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) software.
Find a customs agent or fast parcel operator to help you with import and export declarations.
Find Revenue and Customs Briefs published from 1 January 2017.
This document sets out the government’s plans to legislate for the standalone customs, VAT and excise regimes the UK will need once it leaves the EU.
Find out about the different simplified declarations for imports and what you need to do to get authorisation to use them.
How to bring goods into the UK from any country, including how much tax and duty you’ll need to pay and whether you need to get a licence or certificate.
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 how to import your personal belongings, pets and private motor vehicles when moving or returning to the UK.
This publication details the number of importing and exporting businesses who have moved goods between Great Britain (GB) and the European Union (EU), and the United Kingdom (UK) and Non-EU countries using a customs declaration.
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