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Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
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Find out about the simplified rates of customs and excise duty used when you declare your personal goods online.
How HMRC calculates and notifies UK-based businesses about customs civil penalties for contraventions of EU and national legal requirements.
Use these examples to help you complete declarations on the Customs Declarations Service for exports.
The page brings together the Customs Technical Handbooks which contains detailed customs guidance.
Use form BOR286 if you believe the Customs Duty or import VAT was wrongly calculated on an item you imported by post using Royal Mail or Parcelforce.
What happens if you underpay import or export duties and who is responsible for the debt.
Understand how trading conditions and insurance can limit the financial risk for freight forwarders.
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