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Create an account with the UK ID issuer for business or product IDs if you're involved in the supply of tobacco products in 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 codes to use in the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 13).
Lists of organisations and countries or territories outside the UK (third countries) that can certify organic food, feed and seed for import into Great Britain.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
What you need to do when making a full declaration to bring or receive goods into the UK.
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.
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).
Check the definition of composite products and understand the import rules and restrictions, depending on the ingredients in your food product.
Find out what you need to do and how to apply to operate a customs warehouse when importing to the UK.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Find out if you can declare personal goods orally or by conduct.
Follow these steps when preparing to make an imports declaration on the Customs Declaration Service.
Find out which type of account you need to apply for so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods or release goods from an excise warehouse.
Find out what you can do with your goods when they are being processed or repaired using outward processing.
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.
Check if a country or territory is approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Find out how to get your emissions intensity as an importer (also known as a liable person) when importing Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) goods into the UK.
Use the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) service to apply. Individuals must use print and post forms C285 (CHIEF) or C&E1179 (CHIEF).
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain.
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