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Find out about customs guarantees and when you may need one.
Why you need a guarantee and how to work out how much guarantee you need to cover your movements.
What you need to know if you are providing a guarantee for a customer undertaking transit movements.
You may need an individual guarantee or a customs comprehensive guarantee to enter goods into a customs special procedure and defer duty.
Use a general guarantee account to cover any import duty due on goods when they enter the UK.
Find out about our Bills and Notes Guarantee: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
How to get a guarantor when you have authorisation to use a customs comprehensive guarantee.
Use individual guarantees to cover customs duties for one-off or high value imports.
Find out why you need to get a premises guarantee and how to get one.
Use a customs comprehensive guarantee to cover Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT when you regularly import goods or use common and Union transit.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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