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Find out the rules to establish the country of origin of imported and exported goods and to help identify goods which qualify for lower or no Customs Duty.
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
Find out about the customs simplified procedure aggregation rules for the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
You may be able to use an open individual export licence (OIEL) to regularly export similar controlled items to the same customer.
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing gifts to employees
When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
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.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
Find out about the rules for placing transportable pressure equipment on the market in Great Britain from 1 January 2023.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
How to register with an NHS doctor and patient questionnaires in Ukrainian and Russian.
Get help to classify footwear and parts of footwear for import and export.
Find out if your ivory item may qualify for the pre-1918 outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value exemption, how to apply and what to do if it is refused or revoked.
Check the tariff classification for a sleeveless knitted garment (a so-called running vest).
If you make supplies of second hand goods, works of art or antiques and collectors items you can choose to use this simplified margin scheme to account for VAT.
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