Online check how to import or export goods
HMRC has a useful online tool to help UK business owners check how to import or export goods. This online tool can be used by businesses, the self-employed and agents acting on behalf of a business.
Using the online tool you can obtain information
Customs Declaration Service open for business
All businesses can now move their export declarations to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), HMRC has confirmed.
Businesses who have yet to move their export declarations to CDS will have a transition period to move across, until 4 June 2024.
Does your business offer customs services?
If your business does offer customs services, did you know that HMRC could offer you a free listing on their published lists.
HMRC do not vet, approve or recommend individual firms. Information is simply provided to HMRC by customs agents and fast
New Green Freeports for Scotland
The UK and Scottish governments have jointly announced that Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and Forth Green Freeport have been successful in their bids to establish two new Green Freeports in Scotland. Each of these Freeports will be
Customs Declaration Service deadline extended
The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is a customs IT platform designed to modernise the process for completing customs declarations for businesses that import or export goods from the UK. A phased launch of the service started in August 2018 and was
The Customs Declaration Service
Businesses importing goods must submit import declarations from 1 October 2022 using the Customs Declaration Service (CDS). The CDS is a customs IT platform designed to modernise the process for completing customs declarations for businesses that
Using the Customs Declaration Service
The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is a new customs IT platform that has been designed to modernise the process for completing customs declarations for businesses that import or export goods from the UK. A phased launch of the service started
Customs declaration service update
The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is a new custom’s IT platform that has been designed to modernise the process for completing customs declarations for businesses that import or export goods from the UK. A phased launch of the service started in
Further changes to customs issues from 1 July 2022
There are special procedures for importing goods into the UK. Following the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020, the process for importing goods from the EU effectively mirrors the process for all other international
Claiming tariff quotas to reduce import duties
Tariff quotas are a special mechanism for importing limited supplies of specific goods at a lower rate of customs duty than would normally apply. The quotas usually apply to imports from specific countries. Most tariff quotas operate on a first come