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Check if your goods can be moved into a UK Freeport customs site

Find out when you can and cannot move goods into or store goods in a UK Freeport customs site.

Where we refer to a ‘Freeport’ on this page, this also applies to ‘Green Freeports in Scotland’ unless otherwise stated.

When your goods can be moved into a Freeport customs site

You can move goods into, or store goods in, a Freeport customs site if they are not excluded goods.

Excluded goods include:

  • certain animal hair and wool
  • any animal or plant, whether alive or dead, or its parts or derivatives, of the species that are on the CITES list (see the Species+ website)
  • articles bearing devices implying or tending to imply any government sanction or guarantee
  • asbestos
  • cat and dog fur, and products made from such fur
  • counterfeit, pirated and patent infringing goods
  • counterfeit currency notes
  • fictitious postage stamps
  • goods bearing a false trade description
  • goods which are (in relation to a registered trademark) infringing goods, material or articles and the proprietor of the trademark, or a licensee
  • goods which could be used for the purposes of capital punishment or torture and other cruel, degrading or inhuman treatment or punishment, or in related technical assistance
  • indecent or obscene material that would be prohibited from being imported into the UK
  • prison-made goods
  • rough diamonds
  • tickets, advertisements and other material relating to foreign lotteries

Find out more about prohibited or restricted goods.

Updates to this page

Published 15 November 2021

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