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Importing: an overview
Use this page to find guidance from the Department for Business and Trade on processes for importing and exporting goods.
Find out how to move a specific type of goods across the UK border - including licences and certificates, calculating tax and duty, and making declarations.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
Guidance and forms about importing and exporting goods, customs declarations, duties and tariffs. Including carriers and freight forwarders, storing goods, Freeports and commodity codes.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
Learn about about importing and exporting goods.
Guidance on how to import and export plants and plant products to and from the UK.
Collection of plant health guidance and forms for trading in wood, wood products, firewood, bark, dunnage or wood packaging.
How to import or move fish for human consumption to the UK.
How to use the Trade Tariff tool or get help to classify your goods, so you pay the right amount of Customs Duty and import VAT.
What you need to know and do to export or import objects of cultural interest.
Find out if you need a UK Agricultural Policy (UKAP) licence to become an importer/exporter of agricultural produce and how to apply.
You can claim a relief to pay less Customs Duty and VAT if you re-import goods to the UK.
How to move goods from the UK to international destinations, including any special rules you’ll need to follow to move your goods from the UK.
Use these forms to claim reliefs or discharges when importing or exporting goods to or from the UK
Use these forms if you import, export, or move goods through the UK.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
How the government monitors imports into the UK.
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