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Find out how to move your personal belongings from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Find out about the the specific data elements needed for each declaration category when making an import declaration on the Customs Declaration Service.
Find out what you'll need to get a legally binding decision on the commodity code to use when importing or exporting your goods.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
How to use Method 5 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
Find out about risks of excise duty evasion and other commercial risks if you're an excise warehousekeeper or registered consignor.
Use these examples to help you complete declarations on the Customs Declarations Service for imports to Great Britain from the rest of the world.
Find the percentage of air transport costs to be included in the customs value for Import Duty.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing pet food and feed for other animals, including fish bait, to Great Britain.
Guidance for businesses on OPSS border controls.
Get help to classify rice and related products for direct human consumption for import and export.
Find out about the customs simplified procedure aggregation rules for the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
Find the measurement unit codes for Data Elements 2/3 and 4/4 when making a declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 20).
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Report and manage your allowance for Customs Duty waiver claims service.
The designated land, sea and air ports for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals, plants or their parts and derivatives.
How to import and move eggs for human consumption to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) from EU and non-EU countries.
Find out what to do when you transport goods under a transit movement into or through the UK from common transit countries.
Find the 4-digit to 3-digit procedure to additional procedure code correlation matrix for making import declarations on the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
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