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Find out about the goods that are restricted and controlled when importing or exporting merchandise in your baggage.
Find out what you need to do when exporting commercial goods out of Great Britain in your accompanied baggage or small vehicle.
Find out what you need to do when importing commercial goods into Great Britain in your accompanied baggage or small vehicle.
Find out how to declare goods you’re bringing into Great Britain to sell or use for your business that are under the total value of £2,500 and meet certain other conditions.
Find out how to declare goods you’re taking out of Great Britain to sell or use for your business that are under the total value of £2,500 and meet certain other conditions.
Form BOR1422 is used when clearing missing or delayed baggage through UK customs controls at ports or airports.
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Find out why your baggage may be checked and what to expect if your bags are examined.
UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
Check what you need to do when exporting commercial goods from Northern Ireland in your accompanied baggage to outside the EU.
Find out what you need to do when bringing commercial goods into Northern Ireland in your accompanied baggage from Great Britain or from outside the EU.
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) report on baggage searching in the absence of passengers, April 2014.
List of explosive detection systems for cabin baggage approved by us for general and exceptional case by case use in aviation security.
An inspection of the use of Border Force customs examination powers to search baggage in the absence of passengers.
Get a customs declaration form to take goods with you to sell outside the EU
A checklist for performing artists, creatives, management and production staff in the performing arts touring in an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
Your rights and security searches, body scans and privacy rules if you're disabled or taking medication aboard aircraft
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