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Learn about about importing and exporting goods.
Check customs rules for private individuals who leave the UK in their pleasure craft and travel to other countries.
How to use Method 6 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the excise movement and control system (EMCS) online service.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
You can use the bulk import reduced data set to declare one or more low value parcels in a single import declaration when you import goods to Great Britain.
How to use Union Transit to move non-EU goods within the UK or EU, and to move goods to or from the special territories.
Find the measurement unit codes for Data Elements 2/3 and 4/4 when making a declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 20).
Get a preferential rate on goods you import to the UK from a Developing Countries Trading Scheme country.
Apply for protection against infringements of intellectual property rights on imports into and exports out of the UK.
Carry out checks on your overseas customers and find out what records you’ll need to keep if you’re approved for the Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme.
Find a list of codes for the types of Government Department licences that can be declared for imports and exports in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5C).
Find out what to do when you transport goods under a transit movement into or through the UK from common transit countries.
Find out about the law and regulations for Customs Civil Penalties.
Check when you need to pay VAT on a vessel you’re keeping in the UK and how to provide evidence of VAT paid.
Check what security features you’ll need put on tobacco product packaging.
If you submit declarations using the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) and you’re asked to send supporting documents you can send them to HMRC online.
This guidance outlines the requirements for claiming preferential tariffs under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
Find out what VAT checks you must carry out on overseas sellers if you're an online marketplace operator, and what HMRC will do if you do not meet their requirements.
Find codes which identify the type of customs authorisation held (Appendix 6).
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