Guidance and regulation

Designated land, sea and air ports for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals, plants, or their parts and derivatives.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 1 October 2023

Guidance for EU exporters, exporters from rest of the world and UK importers, on how to import groupage or mixed load consignments of animal products into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 30 April 2024

List of controlled goods that follow the normal import declaration rules if HMRC apply continuity plans due to system issues.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 2 others
• Updated: 29 August 2023

How to import or move high risk food and feed of non-animal origin from the EU to Great Britain.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 30 April 2024

The General Trade Licence for sanctioned iron and steel permits certain activities prohibited under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 26 February 2024

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.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Updated: 22 June 2023

The licences you must have to import animal pathogens or carriers to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 26 March 2021

Find out what to do after you have brought goods into Great Britain by entering the details in your own records without getting authorisation in advance.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 1 October 2022

What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 28 July 2021

Import prohibitions in force under the Russia Sanctions Regulations 2019, as amended. It should be read alongside the statutory guidance.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 30 April 2024

Find out how inland pre-clearance checks affect you and what you need to do when we carry out checks on your goods.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 17 January 2022

The UK’s open general import licence (OGIL) has been updated to reflect changes to commodity codes.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 21 October 2022

Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 31 December 2020

Find out how to import species of bonsai to Great Britain from Japan and Korea, who you can import from, and what the quarantine rules are.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 13 December 2023

Guidance on the Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 21 December 2023

A handbook for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) interested in the UK trade remedies system and how they can work with the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA).

• From: Trade Remedies Authority
• Updated: 7 February 2023

How maritime ports and commercial operators in England can apply for funding from the Animal Biosecurity Infrastructure Fund to build border control posts for live animal imports.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 15 December 2023

You must complete and submit this application if you are submitting a notification under the Waste Shipments Regulation.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 26 March 2021

How to set up a border control post to receive animals, animal products, plants, plant products and wood.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 11 February 2022

Application of the definitive measures on certain aluminium extrusions from China under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 16 August 2022