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Find out if you need to declare goods you bring into or take out of the UK and how to make the declarations.
Find out how to declare that your goods have been put to their authorised use, destroyed or re-exported.
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
How to pay any customs duties on goods declared to the Freeports customs special procedure once removed from that customs site.
Find the notes for all Declaration Category Data Set tables covered by Appendix 21-25 of the CDS Declaration and Customs Clearance Request Instructions.
Find out if you can declare personal goods orally or by conduct.
Find out how to make an import or export declaration for human organs, blood, blood products, tissues and cells needed for emergency transplant or transfusion.
Find out about the customs simplified procedure aggregation rules for the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
How to declare imported goods to customs, by entering them in your own records.
Record yourself as the person who is now entitled to use a right of common.
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