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Find out about cover policy and indicators for countries and territories that are covered by UK Export Finance.
Find out how to contact HMRC to help you get a commodity code and what information you’ll need to send us.
Find codes for the preferential origin status of goods (Appendix 12).
Check if you need a licence from the Office for Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI), and apply online.
Find out how the ATA Carnet works, what to do at customs, and what happens if your goods are lost, destroyed or stolen.
As part of statutory guidance to the Russia regulations: a list of exceptions that allow activities otherwise subject to sanctions in certain defined circumstances.
Find out what you need to do and how to apply to operate a customs warehouse when importing to the UK.
Find the codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for maritime ports and wharves (Appendix 16C).
Find out how to move your goods from inward processing into free circulation, another special procedure or re-export.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
Find out if you can declare personal goods orally or by conduct.
Guidance to help business and industry use the UK Sanctions List as the single source for UK sanctions designations now that the OFSI Consolidated List of Asset Freeze Targets has closed.
Find out what you can do with your goods when they are being processed or repaired using outward processing.
Find out what you need to do when exporting commercial goods out of Great Britain in your accompanied baggage or small vehicle.
How to use the online export licensing system to get a licence to export controlled goods, software and technology overseas.
Find a list of codes for the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared (for example, licences and certificates) in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5A).
The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) informs upcoming requirement to add licence references into the UK’s Customs Declarations System.
Follow these steps when preparing to make an imports declaration on the Customs Declaration Service.
Supplier declarations are where your UK supplier provides you with information needed to prove the origin of your goods for preferential rates of duty between the UK and other countries.
Find the Customs Office Codes for use with the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 14).
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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