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How the UK's strategic export controls apply to academics, university researchers and their institutions, and when an export licence is needed.
Find codes for the preferential origin status of goods (Appendix 12).
Register and manage your access to EHC Online using Government Gateway and your Defra account.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
Find out how to set up a Direct Debit with your bank or building society if you’ve set up your duty deferment account.
Find out what you can do with your goods when they are being processed or repaired using outward processing.
Use Temporary Admission to pay no duty on goods you temporarily import from outside the UK and then re-export.
How to use the online export licensing system to get a licence to export controlled goods, software and technology overseas.
Courses, seminars, workshops and webinars to help exporters understand their obligations under export control legislation.
Notice to exporters advising on updates and publication of two Open General Licences
Find the codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for an external temporary storage facility (ETSF) (Appendix 16F).
Statutory guidance for the Russia sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
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 out what you need to do and how to apply to operate a customs warehouse when importing to the UK.
Find out how to contact HMRC to help you get a commodity code and what information you’ll need to send us.
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).
Find out how the CPD Carnet works, how to apply and what to do at customs.
Find out about cover policy and indicators for countries and territories that are covered by UK Export Finance.
Licence for the export of a wide range of military equipment to low-risk destinations.
Licence permitting a wide range of dual-use listed items to a variety of destinations, including EU member states, the United States, and others.
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