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This guidance explains the different preference tiers under the DCTS, including benefits for each tier, criteria for moving between tiers and transition periods.
Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
Find out how to understand and use the information on your monthly statements.
Find out what you need to do when importing goods from outside the UK to a customs warehouse.
How to import or move high risk food and feed of non-animal origin from the EU to Great Britain.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
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.
What happens if you underpay import or export duties and who is responsible for the debt.
Find codes which identify the type of customs authorisation held (Appendix 6).
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.
Find codes for the additions or deductions to the item price or amount being declared in the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 10).
Find out about the different types of delivery costs, and which ones you must include or exclude in the customs value if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
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 the supervising office (SPOFF) codes for Data Element 5/27 when making a declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 17).
Find out about the customs value and using the valuation methods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
How you import from and export to Japan.
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
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 classifying computers, inkjet and toner cartridges and their components.
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