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Find out the completion rules and instructions for each 4-digit Requested and Previous Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/10 for Imports.
Find out what to do if you experience a problem whilst submitting a declaration using the Customs Declaration Service.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
ATA Carnet lets you temporarily export commercial samples, trade fair or exhibition goods and professional equipment to countries that are part of the ATA Carnet system.
Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods into Great Britain or release goods from an excise warehouse.
Tell HMRC about voluntary underpayments arising on import of goods.
Find a contact list of Border Force customs offices and their opening times.
Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
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.
Find out how to give or view an authority to use deferment, guarantee or cash account to import goods.
You may be able to pay no Customs Duty or a reduced amount of duty for goods you bring or receive into the UK, depending on what they are and what you do with them.
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.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
How to account for import VAT on your VAT Return if you're using postponed VAT accounting.
How to pay into or top up your cash account if you're making a frontier declaration.
Find a customs agent or express operator to help you with import and export declarations.
Find out how to move your goods from inward processing into free circulation, another special procedure or re-export.
Check when you need to use this system to make an entry summary declaration for goods moving into Northern Ireland from Great Britain, or into Northern Ireland from countries outside the EU.
When you can amend or cancel your declaration depends on if you have received a final tax calculation message or if the declaration has been cleared.
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