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Import, export and customs for businesses

From:: HM Revenue & Customs, Department for International Trade, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, HM Treasury
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Import goods from outside the EU: step by step
Export goods to countries outside the EU: step by step

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Starting to import
Exporting and doing business abroad
Get an EORI number
Get someone to deal with customs for you

Procedures and reliefs

Check if you can delay Customs Duty and import VAT
Check if you can pay a reduced amount of Customs Duty
Import and export procedures
Contact lists of providers who support Customs Freight Simplified Procedures

Specific goods and services

Importing vehicles into the UK
Log in to use the Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA) service
Taking a vehicle out of the UK
Import and export controls
Import and export of manufactured goods
Importing food
Port health authorities: monitoring of food imports
Importing plants and fresh produce using the PEACH system
Rules of origin for imported and exported goods

Prepare information for your declaration

Finding commodity codes for imports into or exports out of the UK or EU
Customs Freight Simplified Procedures: excluded procedure codes
Working out the value of your imports
Exchange rates from HMRC in CSV and XML format

Declare your goods

Customs declarations for goods you bring or receive into the UK or EU
Customs declarations for goods you send out of the UK or EU
The Union Customs Code
UK Trade Tariff: volume 3

Carriers and freight forwarders

Transporting goods
Import Control System

Pay import duty and VAT

Check how to pay import VAT
Refunds and waivers on customs debt by HMRC
Get copies of your duty deferment statements
Anti-dumping duty measures

Storing goods

How to set up a customs warehouse to store goods
Apply for the Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme

Moving goods in the EU

Union Transit: moving goods between 2 EU territories
Get ready to move goods between or through common transit countries including the EU
Moving goods between or through common transit countries including the EU
Use the New Computerised Transit System
Submit union transit declarations through NCTS
Declare goods you’ve moved in or out of the UK using Intrastat

Notices, forms and manuals

Import and export forms
Import and export notices: numerical order
Excise notices: storing and moving goods
Tariff notices
Tariff quota notices
Tariff stop press notices
Customs information papers
Import and export: HMRC manuals

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Customs Declaration Service
Help and support for international trade

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