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ATA Carnet lets you temporarily export commercial samples, trade fair or exhibition goods and professional equipment to countries that are part of the ATA Carnet system.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Find out about trade agreements that can be used now.
Find out the completion rules and instructions for each 4-digit Requested and Previous Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/10 for Imports.
How to pay into or top up your cash account if you're making a frontier declaration.
Find a contact list of Border Force customs offices and their opening times.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Find a customs agent or express operator to help you with import and export declarations.
Find out the completion rules instructions for each 3-digit Union and National Additional Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/11 for Imports.
Licence allowing the export of dual-use items or military goods software or technology and trade of military goods, to, between and among Australia, the USA and the UK.
Find out what to do if you experience a problem whilst submitting a declaration using the Customs Declaration Service.
Find out how to set up a Direct Debit with your bank or building society if you’ve set up your duty deferment account.
Find out how to contact HMRC to help you get a commodity code and what information you’ll need to send us.
Supplier declarations are where your UK supplier provides you with information needed to prove the origin of your goods for preferential rates of duty between the UK and other countries.
Find a list of codes for the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared (for example, licences and certificates) in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5A).
Find out how to move your goods from inward processing into free circulation, another special procedure or re-export.
Find codes for the preferential origin status of goods (Appendix 12).
Find out if you can declare personal goods orally or by conduct.
Tell HMRC about voluntary underpayments arising on import of goods.
Look up Customs Declaration Service error codes.
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