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Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
Find out the completion rules and instructions for each 4-digit Requested and Previous Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/10 for Imports.
How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.
How to pay into or top up your cash account if you're making a frontier declaration.
Find out about Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT you may need to pay when you send gifts into the UK.
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.
Make an entry summary declaration if you move goods into Great Britain, into Northern Ireland from Great Britain, or into Northern Ireland from countries outside the EU.
Find a customs agent or express operator to help you with import and export declarations.
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.
Find out which rates of exchange to use to work out the customs value of your imported goods if any invoice amounts are shown in a foreign currency.
Find codes for the preferential origin status of goods (Appendix 12).
Look up Customs Declaration Service error codes.
Find out what you need to do when importing commercial goods into Great Britain in your accompanied baggage or small vehicle.
Find out about trade agreements that can be used now.
Tell HMRC about voluntary underpayments arising on import of goods.
Check the final amounts of import VAT and duty due online if you make declarations using the Customs Declaration Service.
How to account for import VAT on your VAT Return if you're using postponed VAT accounting.
Guidance for businesses that import meat, dairy, eggs and animal products for human consumption. Check import rules, restrictions and what documents you need.
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