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How to get an export health certificate to export or move live animals and animal products from Great Britain to the EU, Northern Ireland or non-EU countries.
Use this online service to make or manage a declaration of goods being exported from Great Britain to a country outside the UK.
Get authorised to declare goods you bring into Northern Ireland 'not at risk’ of moving to the EU, so that the applicable EU rate of duty will not be payable on those goods.
Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
Before you sail to or from the UK, submit your voyage plan with details of your vessel, people and goods on board. Find out how to change or cancel your report.
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
How to pay what you owe if you've used the Customs Declaration Service to tell HMRC you've imported goods into the UK.
How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.
Find the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared such as licences and certificates (Appendix 5A).
Prove the origin of your goods if you’re trading with a country that has a trade agreement with the UK, or is covered by the Developing Countries Trading Scheme.
Find out about the simplified rates of customs and excise duty used when you declare your personal goods online.
Sign in to the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) to submit union transit declarations to HMRC.
If you're using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service, find out what you must do if you are a carrier and need to check if a goods movement reference is valid and if goods can be moved.
Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods into Great Britain or release goods from an excise warehouse.
Look up Customs Declaration Service error codes.
How to prepare if you trade and move goods in and out of Northern Ireland.
You can claim a relief to pay less Customs Duty and VAT if you re-import goods to the UK.
This guide provides detailed completion instructions for data elements when making a written export declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
Find out the rules to establish the country of origin of imported and exported goods and to help identify goods which qualify for lower or no Customs Duty.
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
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