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Permits to travel to or through European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) member countries, and the rules you have to follow.
How you import from and export to Switzerland.
This guidance provides an introductory guide to the standards and regulatory requirements that businesses may need to meet, to import and sell goods in the UK.
Use these examples to help you complete declarations on the Customs Declarations Service for imports to Great Britain from the rest of the world.
Find out the locations where you need to submit an import declaration before your goods depart for Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Find the national additional codes to be declared in Data Element 6/17 to calculate duties and taxes (Appendix 19).
List of controlled goods that follow the normal import declaration rules if HMRC apply continuity plans due to system issues.
A list of places where you can bring consignments of plants, seeds and produce into the UK, including ports and airports.
Find out how you can import goods with a specific authorised use and pay less duty.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in July 2021.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
List of eligible goods and their authorised uses.
Get a UK Licence for the Community to transport goods by road to or through the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, and the rules you have to follow.
Find out what information you'll need for your application and apply for Authorised Economic Operator status.
Get help to classify electric lamps for import and export.
This open general import licence (OGIL) permits the importation of all goods into the United Kingdom, subject to the various exceptions it sets out.
Use this service if you're an authorised loader arriving or departing goods from the UK.
Register so you can import or export regulated timber, wood products and bark, apply for export phytosanitary certificates, issue plant passports or apply ISPM15 marking.
Use a general guarantee account to cover any import duty due on goods when they enter the UK.
How to use Method 5 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
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