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Importers and import agents need to use IPAFFS to notify authorities about imports to Great Britain.
What you need to do if you've submitted a declaration using the Customs Declaration Service and need to send supporting documents or respond to HMRC queries.
If you account for your import VAT on your VAT Return, you’ll have to access the Customs Declaration Service to get a postponed import VAT statement online.
How to subscribe or check if you have access to the Customs Declaration Service.
From 7 October 2025, dogs commercially imported from Romania must have a negative Brucella canis test result. Find out how to send samples to Great Britain for testing.
Find out how to get copies of your duty deferment statements.
Find out how you can get your import VAT certificates (C79).
Find out about Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT you may need to pay when you send gifts into the UK.
Find out how the Customs Declaration Service cash account works, when it can be used and what type of customs charges you can pay.
How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.
Check when you can use postponed VAT accounting to declare and recover import VAT on the same VAT Return.
This guide provides detailed completion instructions for data elements when making an import declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
Use this guidance to find the risk category and inspection rate for imports of live animals and animal products from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to Great Britain.
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
Find the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared such as licences and certificates (Appendix 5A).
If you move goods in or out of Northern Ireland the Trader Support Service will guide you through any changes due to the implementation of the Windsor Framework.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Use this service to get your import VAT statements and certificates, manage your payment accounts, and manage or view authorities all in one place.
Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods into Great Britain or release goods from an excise warehouse.
Find out the completion rules instructions for each 3-digit Union and National Additional Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/11 for Imports.
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