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Check for workarounds to the declaration completion instructions for Customs Declaration Service known errors if you’re submitting a customs clearance request or customs declaration.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
What happens if you underpay import or export duties and who is responsible for the debt.
How to import or move fish for human consumption to 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).
What transport companies and couriers need to do to use vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in Europe.
Find out whether you're established in the UK for customs purposes.
How product specific rules are used to identify the country of origin when importing or exporting between the UK and EU.
Get help classifying computers, inkjet and toner cartridges and their components.
Find out about the customs value and using the valuation methods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
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.
How assimilated GEA licences authorise the export of certain controlled items to specified countries.
Use this list to see if a business holds Authorised Economic Operator status with HMRC.
Find out how to declare goods you’re taking out of Great Britain to sell or use for your business that are under the total value of £2,500 and meet certain other conditions.
Find out how to return goods requiring import and export declarations after importing them to another country, or if they're rejected for import at another country’s border.
Information for heavy goods vehicle hauliers or drivers who attend an inland border facility, where customs and document checks can take place away from ports.
You may need an individual guarantee or a customs comprehensive guarantee to enter goods into a customs special procedure and defer duty.
Check which documents you need to carry if you're the driver or a passenger in a lorry or other heavy goods vehicle (HGV) that crosses international borders.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Find codes for the additions or deductions to the item price or amount being declared in the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 10).
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