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Forms for import and export

Use these forms if you import, export, or move goods through the UK.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 29 June 2020

Guarantee, payment and deferment forms for imports and exports

Use these forms for payments, repayments, guarantees and deferments to and from HMRC.

• Apply to defer payment of excise duties (C1200)
  • 31 December 2020
  • Form
• Guarantee deferment of payment to HMRC (C1201)
  • 2 March 2021
  • Form
• Notice of amendment to form C1201 - deferment guarantee (C1201A)
  • 30 April 2015
  • Form
• Amend a C1201 TAPS deferment guarantee (C1201A TAPS)
  • 21 December 2014
  • Form
• Guarantee payments for hydrocarbon oils duty payments (C1201HO)
  • 4 July 2014
  • Form
• Provide a payment guarantee for the Excise Payment Security System (C1201 TAPS)
  • 12 August 2014
  • Form
• Give Joint Contractual Liability (JCL) for a Customs Comprehensive Guarantee for potential debts
  • 26 January 2023
  • Form
• VAT: deferment schedule - Simplified Import VAT Accounting reduced security (SIVA2)
  • 31 December 2020
  • Form

Import and export authorisation and approval forms

Use these forms to request authorisations and approvals from HMRC for importing and exporting.

• Apply for Customs Supervised Exports Approval (C&E 48 CSE)
  • 9 July 2024
  • Form
• Notify HMRC of changes that affect your Authorised Economic Operator status
  • 24 September 2018
  • Form

Clearance of goods forms

Use these forms to request clearance of goods being imported to or exported from the UK.

• Make a Customs Clearance Request (C21)
  • 8 October 2014
  • Form
• Submit a notice of arrival of certain classes of goods (C27)
  • 4 April 2014
  • Form
• Apply to remove goods from a transit shed (C130)
  • 1 April 2022
  • Form
• Permission to progress shipment of goods after export (C130EX)
  • 4 April 2014
  • Form
• Record your aicraft cargo (C257)
  • 4 April 2014
  • Form
• Apply for release of a private vessel on payment of Customs Duty and VAT
  • 12 July 2024
  • Form
• Make a summary declaration of goods arriving from non-UK countries (C1600)
  • 31 December 2020
  • Form
• Presentation of goods (C1600A)
  • 31 December 2020
  • Form

Declaration forms for imports and exports

Use these forms to declare goods entering or leaving the UK.

• Change or cancel a Simplified Frontier Declaration
  • 22 February 2024
  • Form
• Request partial entry print of import and export data
  • 23 November 2011
  • Form
• Tell HMRC about the temporary arrival of a non-UK private motor vehicle for personal use (C110)
  • 31 December 2020
  • Form
• General declaration for inward or outward flights (C155)
  • 4 April 2014
  • Form
• Declare re-importation of an unaccompanied private motor vehicle from outside the UK (C179B)
  • 19 August 2024
  • Form
• Declare any weapons on board an aircraft (C913)
  • 4 April 2014
  • Form
• Declare returned goods relief on postal importations (C1309)
  • 31 December 2020
  • Form
• Customs declaration for passengers leaving the UK (C1336)
  • 4 April 2014
  • Form
• Amend import or export licence declarations (C1700)
  • 18 December 2023
  • Form
• Record a certificate of posting of goods (C&E132)
  • 4 April 2014
  • Form
• Declare Returned Goods Relief when using duplicate lists (C&E1246)
  • 31 December 2020
  • Form

CHIEF forms

Use these forms to complete a manual Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) declaration.

• Request entry or clearance during CHIEF or CDS downtime
  • 3 August 2021
  • Form
• Record CHIEF entries you changed or cleared before a system failure (C1403 (F))
  • 4 April 2014
  • Form
• Ask for access to CHIEF through WEX channels (PA7)
  • 14 January 2021
  • Form

Customs Declaration Service forms and guidance

HMRC is introducing Customs Declaration Service (CDS) gradually.

Find out how to prepare for the Customs Declaration Service.

• Request entry or clearance during CHIEF or CDS downtime
  • 3 August 2021
  • Form
• Get your import VAT and duty adjustment statements
  • 13 September 2019
  • Guidance
• Get copies of your duty deferment statements
  • 12 August 2024
  • Guidance
• Check how to get your import VAT certificate (C79)
  • 13 November 2024
  • Guidance
• Manage your email address for the Customs Declaration Service
  • 1 December 2023
  • Guidance

Customs freight simplified procedures information papers

You can find customs freight simplified procedures (CFSP) information papers published before 1 January 2017 on the National Archives website.

Find CFSP information papers published from 1 January 2017 below.

• Importation of goods from North Korea (CFSP information paper 1)
  • 20 June 2017
  • Guidance

Published 29 June 2020