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Find the notes for all Declaration Category Data Set tables covered by Appendix 21-25 of the CDS Declaration and Customs Clearance Request Instructions.
Information about incidents and outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg, both viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF).
Find a list of codes for the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared (for example, licences and certificates) in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5A).
Find out about applying for the different simplified declarations for exports and the conditions you need to meet to use them.
Find out what you need to do when making a full declaration to send goods from the UK.
How to pay what you owe if you've used the Customs Declaration Service to tell HMRC you've imported goods into the UK.
Find out about the customs simplified procedure aggregation rules for the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
Find out if you need to declare goods you bring into or take out of the UK and how to make the declarations.
How and when to make a supplementary declaration when using simplified declarations for imports to bring goods into the UK.
Find a list of document status codes for Data Element 2/3 of the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 5B).
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