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Use a general guarantee account to cover any import duty due on goods when they enter the UK.
Find out how to declare your goods so the correct duty is applied.
Use this list of freight location codes to indicate the current location of goods for examination purposes.
Find out how to get a legally binding decision on the commodity code to use when importing into or exporting from Northern Ireland or the EU.
Find out how to reclaim Excise Duty on fuel used in making marine voyages if you're entitled to claim.
Find out more about getting authorised consignor or consignee status to start or end transit movements at your own premises.
Use this spreadsheet for document, certificate and authorisation codes for harmonised declarations and details to be declared.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
If you're a non-UK resident temporarily importing a vessel, check if you can get relief using Temporary Admission (TA) and the rules that apply while your yacht is under the TA procedure in the UK.
How to use Method 3 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
Find out about the the specific data elements needed for each declaration category when making an import declaration on the Customs Declaration Service.
Check the availability of the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) online service.
Find out how you can use, process or store similar free circulation goods in place of goods that you have declared for a customs special procedure.
You can claim relief on Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing scientific materials and apparatus for education or research to the UK.
This Appendix contains the specific completion rules instructions for each 3-digit Export Additional Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element 1/11 for Customs Clearance Requests (CCR).
This notice is about the production, storage and accounting of duty on wine and other fermented products by commercial wine producers.
Guidance on export procedures and requirements including customs input entries, and fallback procedures.
How to start your movement, what to do while the goods are moving and what to do when they reach their destination.
Notices made which have the force of law under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.
Find out if you can claim the enhanced capital allowance relief on qualifying expenditure for plant and machinery in a UK Freeport or Investment Zone special tax site.
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