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This guidance outlines the requirements for claiming preferential tariffs under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
Find out how to manage a customs warehouse, handle goods, and process, repair and move goods.
Technical information about the import requirements for POAO for human consumption, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing meat and other meat products for human consumption to Great Britain.
Check what customs charges apply when using an express operator (previously called a fast parcel operator) to make import and export customs declarations.
Find out how to make sure that data entered into the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is matched correctly with the Border Trade Matching Service (BTMS), formerly Automatic Licence Verification System (ALVS).
Find out what tax reliefs and beneficial customs procedures are available to businesses in a Freeport.
Find out how to declare that your goods have been put to their authorised use, destroyed or re-exported.
How to declare imported goods to customs, by entering them in your own records.
As part of the statutory guidance, a look-up guide listing all considerations for trade licences for certain prohibitions, and links to general licences available.
How to use the simplified declaration procedure when importing goods into the UK.
How and when to make a supplementary declaration when using simplified declarations for imports to bring goods into the UK.
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.
Find the codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for roll on roll off ports (Appendix 16R).
This Appendix contains the specific completion rules instructions for each 3-digit Import Additional Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/11 for Customs Clearance Requests (CCR) C21i.
Find out details of the procedure codes and additional procedure codes that are excluded from use with Simplified Declaration Procedure (SDP) with regular use and Entry in Declarants Records (EIDR).
Trade remedies notices published by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade relating to the anti-dumping duty on imports of biodiesel originating from China.
You can only import certain goods using an ATA Carnet to claim relief under temporary admission in the UK. Some goods have special conditions attached.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
How to use Method 2 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
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