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Learn about about importing and exporting goods.
Find a list of codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for internal temporary storage facilities (Appendix 16D).
Find a list of document status codes for Data Element 2/3 of the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 5B).
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.
How product specific rules are used to identify the country of origin when importing or exporting between the UK and EU.
How assimilated GEA licences authorise the export of certain controlled items to specified countries.
These maps show Freeport locations in the UK, their outer boundaries and the Freeport tax sites within them.
Find out which locations you need to submit an ‘arrived’ export declaration at before moving goods and where to take the goods if they need to be checked.
When military end-use export controls apply and to which destinations.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Get a UK Licence for the Community to transport goods by road to or through the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, and the rules you have to follow.
How to get relief from excise duty on oil used in certain ways using the Industrial Relief Scheme, also known as the Tied Oils Scheme.
How you import from and export to Turkey.
Use this guide as a supplement when using the CDS Declaration Instructions to import and export goods to and from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) after the end of the transition period.
Find out whether you're established in the UK for customs purposes.
Guidance for businesses and individuals on what licence and supporting documentation you need to export firearms, ammunition and related equipment.
Rules for moving goods between the UK and EU under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Find the location codes for the UN/LOCODE to be used in Data Elements 4/1 and 5/23 when using the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 16I).
Guidance on the Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023.
Required supporting documentation if you are registered to use the open general export licence (military goods, software and technology).
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