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Find a contact list of Border Force customs offices and their opening times.
How to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
Find out the codes to be used to provide additional information in Data Element (DE) 2/2 of the customs declaration or clearance request (Appendix 4).
Find out about safety and security requirements that apply to goods entering and exiting the UK.
Find codes for the preferential origin status of goods (Appendix 12).
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
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).
Check which Authorised Economic Operator status you could apply for and their benefits if your business has role in the international supply chain.
Check for workarounds to the declaration completion instructions for Customs Declaration Service known errors if you’re submitting a customs clearance request or customs declaration.
Find out which locations you need to submit an ‘arrived’ export declaration at before moving goods and where to take the goods if they need to be checked.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
Find the codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for maritime ports and wharves (Appendix 16C).
Use the online service to report non-customs state aid payments you’ve received to HMRC and view your state aid allowance if you’ve claimed customs duty waivers.
How you import from and export to Turkey.
Find out what you can do with your goods when they are being processed or repaired using inward processing.
Guidance on the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
You can use a SIEL to make shipments of specified military or dual-use items to a named consignee and/or end user.
How to use the online export licensing system to get a licence to export controlled goods, software and technology overseas.
Find out what you need to do and how to apply to operate a customs warehouse when importing to the UK.
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
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