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Find out about the simplified rates of customs and excise duty used when you declare your personal goods online.
Find out about trade agreements that can be used now.
Find out how to claim a customs duty waiver if you are bringing goods into Northern Ireland from Great Britain or countries outside the UK and EU which might otherwise be charged ‘at risk’ tariffs.
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).
What you need to do to get goods through customs if you’re using a UK port which uses the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
This guide provides detailed completion instructions for data elements when making a written export declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
This appendix contains the specific completion rules instructions for each 4-digit Requested and Previous Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/10 for exports.
How to charge and account for VAT on the movement of goods between Northern Ireland and EU member states (VAT Notice 725).
Find out what you need to do when making a full declaration to send goods from 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.
You may be able to claim a waiver for goods brought into Northern Ireland so that you do not have to pay duty on those goods.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the import rules and inspection rate…
Use your duty deferment account to delay paying most duties and import VAT.
Apply for licences and approvals you need to export controlled goods.
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.
Look up Customs Declaration Service error codes.
How the UK's strategic export controls apply to academics, university researchers and their institutions, and when an export licence is needed.
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 if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export or move plants and plant products.
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