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Find out what you need to do when importing goods from outside the UK to a customs warehouse.
How to use the customs value to calculate VAT for imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
How to import or move fish for human consumption to the UK.
Establishments approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and how competent authorities can change the establishment list.
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 value your goods to help when working out the VAT due when importing goods into the UK.
How you import from and export to Turkey.
Information for heavy goods vehicle hauliers or drivers who attend an inland border facility, where customs and document checks can take place away from ports.
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).
Follow these steps when preparing to make an imports declaration on the Customs Declaration Service.
Check the availability of the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) online service.
Information about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, including how to report sightings.
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).
What transport companies and couriers need to do to use vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in Europe.
What happens if you underpay import or export duties and who is responsible for the debt.
Find the codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for an external temporary storage facility (ETSF) (Appendix 16F).
Use this guide as a supplement when using the CDS Declaration Instructions to import and export goods to and from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) after the end of the transition period.
Use the Customs Declaration Service to claim back import duty and VAT on damaged imports, or form C&E1179 for Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF).
Find out what a composite product is, and how to import or move composite products from the EU to Great Britain.
Find out how to declare goods you’re bringing into Great Britain to sell or use for your business that are under the total value of £2,500 and meet certain other conditions.
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