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Find out what you need to do when importing goods from outside the UK to a customs warehouse.
Find the Customs Office Codes for use with the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 14).
What transport companies and couriers need to do to use vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in Europe.
Countries have their own rules about what goods you can bring in using an ATA Carnet. Check with the issuer in the country you’re exporting to.
Use Temporary Admission to pay no duty on goods you temporarily import from outside the UK and then re-export.
Find the supervising office (SPOFF) codes for Data Element 5/27 when making a declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 17).
Find codes to use in the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 13).
Find a list of codes which may be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for airports (Appendix 16A).
How the UK's strategic export controls apply to academics, university researchers and their institutions, and when an export licence is needed.
These maps show Freeport locations in the UK, their outer boundaries and the Freeport tax sites within them.
Check the availability of the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) online service.
The Export Control Joint Unit has updated 4 open general licences (OGLs) to reflect the lists of controlled items following changes to the regulations.
Check which documents you need to carry if you're the driver or a passenger in a lorry or other heavy goods vehicle (HGV) that crosses international borders.
Licence for the export of of dual-use items to EU member states.
Use this guide as a supplement when using the CHIEF and CDS trade tariffs to import and export goods to and from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) after the end of the transition period.
Verify or change the email address we use for your customs messages and notifications.
Reports and data on export control licensing compiled by the export control organisation.
You can only import certain goods using an ATA Carnet to claim relief under temporary admission in the UK. Some goods have special conditions attached.
Courses, seminars, workshops and webinars to help exporters understand their obligations under export control legislation.
Find the location codes for the UN/LOCODE to be used in Data Elements 4/1 and 5/23 when using the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 16I).
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