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The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
Tell HMRC about voluntary underpayments arising on import of goods.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Apply for Temporary Admission to import goods to the UK, or move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, and use them temporarily before re-exporting them.
Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
How to pay into or top up your cash account if you're making a frontier declaration.
How the UK's strategic export controls apply to academics, university researchers and their institutions, and when an export licence is needed.
Find a customs agent or express operator to help you with import and export declarations.
A guide for businesses and organisations that need to understand more about what sanctions are and how they work.
Find out the completion rules instructions for each 3-digit Union and National Additional Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/11 for Imports.
If you move goods in or out of Northern Ireland the Trader Support Service will guide you through any changes due to the implementation of the Windsor Framework.
Apply for licences and approvals you need to export controlled goods.
Find out about trade agreements that can be used now.
Find out what to do if you experience a problem whilst submitting a declaration using the Customs Declaration Service.
Register and manage your access to EHC Online using Government Gateway and your Defra account.
You can use a SIEL to make shipments of specified military or dual-use items to a named consignee and/or end-user.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export or move plants and plant products.
Find out how to declare goods you’re bringing into Great Britain to sell or use for your business that are under the total value of £2,500 and meet certain other conditions.
Find out what you need to do when making a full declaration to send goods from the UK.
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