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This guide provides detailed completion instructions for data elements when making an import declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
Use this service to apply for certificates and inspections if you export plants from England and Wales.
Find out which locations are using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.
Use the online service (form C81) to make an amendment to export declarations for statistical purposes only.
Find out what to do if you receive an error code 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.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
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.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Apply for Temporary Admission to import goods to the UK, or move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, and use them temporarily before re-exporting them.
If you move goods in or out of Northern Ireland the Trader Support Service will guide you through any changes due to the implementation of the Windsor Framework.
How to account for import VAT on your VAT Return if you're using postponed VAT accounting.
Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft
Find out how to give or view an authority to use deferment, guarantee or cash account to import goods.
Use this service if you’re a haulier, freight forwarder or driver to tell HMRC in advance that you're attending an inland border facility.
Use your duty deferment account to delay paying most duties and import VAT.
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.
How to pay into or top up your cash account if you're making a frontier declaration.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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