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Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
Product Recall for Vevor Ultrasonic Jewellery Cleaner presenting a high risk of electric shock.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
Hallmarking was in the spotlight at the Chartered Trading Standards Conference in Birmingham in June 2023 with the presentation of the Touchstone Award.
Product Safety Report for Senteria Earring and Necklace Set presenting a serious chemical risk due to excess concentrations of cadmium and lead.
Find out what you can do with your goods when they are being processed or repaired using outward processing.
Guidance for Trading Standards officers on how to enforce the hallmarking law.
Guidance on the hallmarking legislation for precious metal products.
Britain’s most sought-after luxury fashion designers will join a landmark trade mission to Japan to boost exports to the Japanese market ahead of the G7 summit.
There’s a ban on supplying luxury goods to anyone in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) or Syria, directly or indirectly.
The Hallmarking Awareness and Learning Online Award 2022 is closed to applications.
Product Safety Report for Tanaya Couture Gold Coloured Earrings presenting a serious chemical risk.
How to comply with hallmarking law if your business supplies items described as precious metal (gold, silver, platinum or palladium).
British Hallmarking Council guidance on selling articles of precious metal on the internet, to comply with UK hallmarking legislation.
Export bar placed on Iron Age gold brooches to allow time for a UK institution to acquire them.
We supervise the hallmarking activities of the 4 Assay Offices in the UK to ensure there is adequate provision of hallmarking within the UK. BHC is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade .
Product Safety Report for Multi Colour Crystal Glass Alloy Necklace presenting a serious chemical risk as it contains excess concentrations of cadmium.
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