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Find out if you can claim the enhanced capital allowance relief on qualifying expenditure for plant and machinery in a UK Freeport or Investment Zone special tax site.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
Get help to classify rice and related products for direct human consumption for import and export.
Apply to use the UK Internal Market Scheme entry in declarant's records (UKIMS-EIDR) process.
Guidance for competent authorities applying to Defra for market access to export animals and animal products to Great Britain, or to amend existing trading conditions.
How you can use, process or store similar free circulation goods in place of goods that you have declared for a customs special procedure.
Find out what information you will need to apply for Authorised Economic Operator status, including customs simplification status and security and safety status.
Sanctions evasion linked to product origin manipulation using fabricated and falsified certificates of origin (COs): how to spot red flags and check validity.
This appendix provides a detailed breakdown of the specific data elements needed for each declaration category.
10 benefits for the UK from our accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Find out what you need to do when bringing commercial goods into Northern Ireland in your accompanied baggage from Great Britain or from outside the EU.
How to set up a border control post to receive animals, animal products, plants, plant products and wood.
Find out how to link your temporary storage facility to the Customs Declaration Service using a Community Systems Provider.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Why you need a guarantee and how to work out how much guarantee you need to cover your movements.
Use a general guarantee account to cover any import duty due on goods when they enter the UK.
This guidance explains what rules of origin (RoOs) are and the changes under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
If you import goods from the EU to Great Britain, from 31 January 2025 you will need to submit a safety and security declaration.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing blood and blood products to Great Britain.
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