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How to import goods under national or UN-level import controls. This includes weapons, sanctioned goods, or goods that could be used for torture.
Importing: an overview
Find out about the different simplified declarations for imports and what you need to do to get authorisation to use them.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
How to declare imported goods to customs, by entering them in your own records.
What you and the exporter are responsible for, what to do after a transit movement ends and how to end a movement at your own premises.
How to import or move animal by-products from the EU to Great Britain.
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