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Apply for Temporary Admission to import goods to the UK, or move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, and use them temporarily before re-exporting them.
Putting your goods into temporary storage means you can delay the full customs declaration and payment of import VAT and duty for up to 90 days.
Use Temporary Admission to pay no duty on goods you temporarily import from outside the UK and then re-export.
Use the customs declaration to suspend import duties while you process or use goods. This is a one-off authorisation called authorisation by declaration (AbD).
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge West on 01 August 2025.
How to account for VAT if you buy in and resell travel facilities as a principal or undisclosed agent.
You may be able to pay no Customs Duty or a reduced amount of duty for goods you bring or receive into the UK, depending on what they are and what you do with them.
How to change the specification of a product name registered under the UK GI schemes, and object to a substantial change.
How to create a sketch map to register land or update the land details on your digital maps on the Rural Payments service.
Find out what you can do with your goods when they are being processed or repaired using inward processing.
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