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How to trade or move CITES-listed specimens through designated UK ports and airports.
Guidance for exporters in EU and non-EU countries on how to complete health certificates to export animals and animal products to Great Britain.
Learn about about importing and exporting goods.
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.
You can only import certain goods using an ATA Carnet to claim relief under temporary admission in the UK. Some goods have special conditions attached.
Find out what information you'll need for your application and apply for Authorised Economic Operator status.
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.
Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account, so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods or release goods from an excise warehouse.
How the UK’s Trade Remedies Authority investigates whether trade remedy measures are needed to counteract unfair import practices.
Common user charge rates and how the charge applies to imports entering Great Britain through the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel.
Find out what you'll need to get a legally binding decision on the commodity code to use when importing or exporting your goods.
This Appendix contains the specific completion rules instructions for each 3-digit Import Additional Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/11 for Customs Clearance Requests (CCR) C21i.
How to use the simplified declaration procedure when importing goods into the UK.
Find out how to pay less or no duty when you move goods temporarily out of Great Britain and between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Find the correct economic code to explain what you'll do with your goods under an inward processing authorisation.
Find out details of the procedure codes and additional procedure codes that are excluded from use with Simplified Declaration Procedure (SDP) with regular use and Entry in Declarants Records (EIDR).
This guidance provides an introductory guide to the standards and regulatory requirements that businesses may need to meet, to import and sell goods in the UK.
Check what customs charges apply when using an express operator (previously called a fast parcel operator) to make import and export customs declarations.
How to use Method 4 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
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