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How to manage a temporary storage facility, how to handle goods, what records to keep, how to increase the size of, or move goods between facilities.
Register so you can import or export regulated timber, wood products and bark, apply for export phytosanitary certificates, issue plant passports or apply ISPM15 marking.
List of controlled goods that follow the normal import declaration rules if HMRC apply continuity plans due to system issues.
Get help to classify rice and related products for direct human consumption for import and export.
This guidance explains what rules of origin (RoOs) are and the changes under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
Find package type codes for Data Element 6/9 (Appendix 18).
Notices made which have the force of law under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.
This open general import licence (OGIL) permits the importation of all goods into the United Kingdom, subject to the various exceptions it sets out.
Find out how to import non-regulated firewood, such as logs and kindling, into England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain).
Check the tariff classification of multifunctional display-monitors for vehicles.
A list of places where you can bring consignments of plants, seeds and produce into the UK, including ports and airports.
Find out the locations where you need to submit an import declaration before your goods depart for Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
The designated land, sea and air ports for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals, plants or their parts and derivatives.
Information on what a border control post (BCP) is and the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks that take place there.
If you import goods from the EU to Great Britain, from 31 January 2025 you will need to submit a safety and security declaration.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
Find the notes for all Declaration Category Data Set tables covered by Appendix 21-25 of the CDS Declaration and Customs Clearance Request Instructions.
Find out what VAT checks you must carry out on overseas sellers if you're an online marketplace operator, and what HMRC will do if you do not meet their requirements.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing composite products for human consumption to Great Britain.
Get help to classify drones and aircraft parts for import and export.
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