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The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
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 what to do if you experience a problem whilst submitting a declaration using the Customs Declaration Service.
How to submit open licence returns on the SPIRE export licensing system.
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 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.
Tell HMRC about voluntary underpayments arising on import of goods.
Find a customs agent or express operator to help you with import and export declarations.
How to pay into or top up your cash account if you're making a frontier declaration.
Use the online service to report non-customs state aid payments you’ve received to HMRC and view your state aid allowance if you’ve claimed Customs Duty waivers.
This guide provides a list of UK Sanctions List (UKSL) fields and mappings to compare with the list of fields on the OFSI Consolidated List (closed 28 January 2026).
Find a contact list of Border Force customs offices and their opening times.
How the UK Sanctions List search tool has been upgraded: new features, search ranking, and sharing search results.
Find out how to move your goods from inward processing into free circulation, another special procedure or re-export.
Find out about trade agreements that can be used now.
You can use a SIEL to make shipments of specified military or dual-use items to a named consignee and/or end-user.
Find codes for the preferential origin status of goods (Appendix 12).
Find out what you need to do when making a full declaration to send goods from the UK.
Apply for licences and approvals you need to export controlled goods.
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