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Get help classifying computers, inkjet and toner cartridges and their components.
Find out if your goods have Union (EU) status and how to get Proof of Union status (PoUS) if your goods are moving to ports or airports in the EU or from and to Northern Ireland.
You may need an individual guarantee or a customs comprehensive guarantee to enter goods into a customs special procedure and defer duty.
Rules for moving goods between the UK and EU under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
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.
What transport companies and couriers need to do to use vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in Europe.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Countries have their own rules about what goods you can bring in using an ATA Carnet. Check with the issuer in the country you’re exporting to.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
Find a list of codes for the types of Government Department licences that can be declared for imports and exports in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5C).
This guidance provides the technical detail of improvements to rules of origin under the DCTS, as announced in the UK Trade Strategy.
Find the codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) ports (Appendix 16S).
What import and export restrictions apply due to sanctions for UK companies when trading with Russia.
Find codes which identify the type of customs authorisation held (Appendix 6).
How you import from and export to Canada.
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.
Find codes for the allowable methods of payment when using the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 9).
Find out what you need to do to get a guarantee waiver for a duty deferment account in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
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.
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