Transporting dangerous goods
Introduction
How to transport dangerous goods
Meeting regulatory requirements to transport dangerous goods, and the role of the Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser.
Driving dangerous goods and special loads abroad
A guide to regulations governing the transportation of dangerous goods by road and the procedures involved.
Taking lorries abroad
Introduction
International road haulage permits
Authorisations and permits you will require if you are operating haulage vehicles on international journeys.
Driver documents required for international road haulage
Documentation for international road haulage drivers to help you keep to schedule and ensure prompt delivery of goods.
Classifying your goods
Introduction
Tariffs on goods imported into the UK
How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.
Finding commodity codes for imports into or exports out of the UK
How to use the Trade Tariff tool or get help to classify your goods, so you pay the right amount of Customs Duty and import VAT
Check your goods meet the rules of origin
Rules to establish the country of origin of imported and exported goods and to help identify those which qualify for lower or nil Customs Duty.
Get proof of origin for your goods
Prove the origin of your goods if you’re trading with a country that has a trade agreement with the UK, or is covered by the Developing Countries Trading Scheme.
Apply for a Binding Tariff Information decision
Find out how to get a legally binding decision on the commodity code to use when importing into or exporting from Northern Ireland or EU.
Apply for a Binding Origin Information decision
If you import into or export from Northern Ireland you can get a decision on the origin of your goods.
Check what you'll need to get a legally binding decision on a commodity code
Find out what you'll need to get a legally binding decision on the commodity code to use when importing or exporting your goods that will be valid from 1 January 2021
Trade Tariff: look up commodity codes, duty and VAT rates
Use the Trade Tariff to look up commodity codes, duty and VAT rates.
Check if you need to pay a tariff on goods brought into Northern Ireland from Great Britain
Tool which can help your business check if a tariff needs to be paid on goods brought from GB into NI.
Classifying specific goods
Help and guidance on how to classify goods.
Import and export procedures
Introduction
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for Northern Ireland businesses
Find guidance explaining how EU and UK CBAM rules impact NI businesses, which goods are included, and access free tools to assist with compliance.
Sign up for the Trader Support Service to move goods into and out of Northern Ireland
Free training and support for businesses for customs processes when moving goods into and out of Northern Ireland.
Sign up for the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme
Sign up for the scheme and apply online for a General Certificate to move retail products from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to Northern Ireland.
Declare goods using the UK Trader Scheme if you bring goods into Northern Ireland
How to declare goods you bring into Northern Ireland 'not at risk’ of moving to the EU so that EU duty will not be payable on those goods.
Movement Assistance Scheme: get help with moving agrifood goods to Northern Ireland
Get advice and help to meet new requirements if you are a trader, and understand how you can claim money back if you provide an inspection and certification service.
Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme: how the scheme works
A new scheme for businesses that move prepacked retail goods such as food, drink, cut flowers and pet food from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS): how to register
How to register for the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme to move or sell food in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme: groupage and mixed load consignments
How to move groups of agrifood products from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to Northern Ireland, which may include consignments of Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS) goods and consignments of non-NIRMS goods.
Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme: Labelling requirements
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Retail Movement Scheme.
Tool: Check duties and customs procedures for exporting goods
Access information such as duties and customs procedures for over 160 markets around the world.
Outward processing
When you export goods outside the UK and EU for processing or repair and then re-import them, you can use Outward Processing to reduce your duty payments
Report goods exported to the EU using inward or outward processing
Check if you should submit information sheets (INFs) if you're a UK trader using customs special procedures for inward or outward processing.
Apply for an ATA Carnet
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
Take goods temporarily out of the UK
You may need permission to temporarily move or export goods outside the UK, for example if you take sales samples to a trade show.
Moving goods from a special procedure in one part of the UK to a special procedure in another part of the UK
Find out what to do when you're moving goods between special procedures in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Check if you can use transit to move goods to the EU and common transit countries
Use common and Union transit when exporting or taking goods out of the UK to move them quickly and delay duty until they reach their destination.
Starting and ending transit movements in Northern Ireland
How to notify Border Force if you're starting a movement from an office of departure or ending a movement at an office of destination in Northern Ireland.
Using the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) to move goods
Understanding the New Computerised Transit System and how to use it in your business
Moving personal belongings from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
Find out how your business can move someone's personal belongings from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Temporary Admission
How to apply for Temporary Admission to import goods into the UK or EU and use them for up to 2 years or more, before re-exporting them.
Moving qualifying goods from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK
Find out which goods qualify for unfettered access when moving from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK.
Moving goods out of Northern Ireland through common transit countries
Find out what to do when you move goods out of Northern Ireland using transit
Preparing to move your goods out of Northern Ireland using transit
How to plan your route and make declarations if your transit movement is starting in Northern Ireland.
Set up your business to move goods out of the UK using transit
How to get your business ready to move goods out of the UK to Common Transit Convention countries.
Transporting goods into the UK under transit: step-by-step
Find out what to do when you transport goods under a transit movement into or through the UK from common transit countries.
Transporting goods out of Northern Ireland under transit: step-by-step
Find out what to do when you transport goods out of Northern Ireland under a transit movement to common transit countries.
Importing goods into the UK using transit
What you and the exporter are responsible for, what to do after a transit movements ends and how to end a movement at your own premises.
Check if you can use your premises to start or end transit movements
Find out more about getting authorised consignor or consignee status to start or end transit movements at your own premises.
Check the amount of guarantee you need for transit movements
Why you need a guarantee and how to work out how much guarantee you need to cover your movements.
Manually arrive your goods in the UK
Additional steps you or someone acting on your behalf may need to take to tell HMRC that your goods have arrived in the UK at a location using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Labelling and packaging of medicinal products for human use
Information on the implementation of labelling and packaging requirements for medicinal products for human use following agreement of the Windsor Framework.
Apply for a CPD Carnet
Find out how the CPD Carnet works, how to apply and what to do at customs.
Chemicals and waste
Introduction
Importing and exporting waste
What UK waste importers and exporters must do to notify about waste shipments.
Food, drink and agriculture
Introduction
Importing and exporting plants and plant products
How to trade plants and plant products, including trees, inside and outside the EU.
Export food, drink and agricultural products
Check if you need a certificate to export food, drink and agricultural products.
Export or move composite food products
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products.
Moving food and animal feed from Northern Ireland to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)
Find out which food and animal feed goods qualify for unfettered access and can move from Northern Ireland to Great Britain without sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls.
Exporting or moving high risk food and feed of non-animal origin to the EU or Northern Ireland
Guidance on exporting or moving high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) from Great Britain to the EU or Northern Ireland.
Importing and exporting organic food
Overview of the rules for importing and exporting organic food.
Get an export health certificate
How to get an export health certificate to export animals and animal products from Northern Ireland.
Support attestations: get reimbursed to move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
How to apply to be reimbursed for the cost of getting a support attestation to move agri-food goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
Import live animals and germinal products from the EU to Great Britain
What documents and checks do you need to notify the authorities for live animals, animal products and high risk food or feed not of animal origin.
Moving non-qualifying Northern Ireland goods from Northern Ireland to Great Britain
How to move non-qualifying Northern Ireland goods that need sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
Export or move animal feed or pet food from GB to Northern Ireland
Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow.
Export or move livestock and poultry
Rules you need to follow to export cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry.
Export or move animal bones, protein and other by-products from GB to Northern Ireland
What you need to do to export or move animal bones, protein and other by-products.
Trading or moving CITES-listed specimens through designated UK ports and airports
How to trade or move CITES-listed specimens through designated UK ports and airports.
Export or move live animals and animal products to the EU or Northern Ireland
What you need to do to export or move live animals, products of animal origin and animal by-products to the EU or Northern Ireland.
Movement Assistance Scheme: get help with moving agrifood goods to Northern Ireland
Get advice and help to meet new requirements if you are a trader, and understand how you can claim money back if you provide an inspection and certification service.
Wood packaging material for import and export
If you use or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards
Support Health Attestations for export of products of animal origin and animal by-products
Find out when you might need a Support Health Attestation (SHA) and how to apply for it.
Exporting or moving fish from the UK
How to export or move fish for human consumption from the UK (excluding Northern Ireland to the EU).
Importing or moving fish to the UK
How to import or move fish for human consumption to the UK.
Importing wine
How to certify and label wine imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Check if you need a CITES permit to import or export endangered species
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Certify wine for export
Requirements for wine exporters to be self-certified or have an EU VI-1 to export wine to the EU or move it to Northern Ireland.
Import or move horses and ponies
Rules for importing or moving horses and other equines, including ponies and donkeys
Export groups of products using the Groupage Export Facilitation Scheme (GEFS)
Guidance on using the GEFS, which allows 30-day support attestations that cover an entire group of products for export.
Bringing live animals to NI from EU via the GB landbridge
The procedures to follow for transit of live animals moving from EU to Northern Ireland through GB only.
Transiting animals and animal products through Great Britain
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
Moving fishery products or bivalve molluscs from Great Britain and non EU countries into Northern Ireland
How to move fishery products or bivalve molluscs from Great Britain or non EU countries into Northern Ireland.
Import composite products from the EU and Northern Ireland to Great Britain
Find out what a composite product is, and what you need to do to import or move composite products.
Export horses and ponies: special rules
Current rules for exporting horses and other equines, including ponies and donkeys, to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS)
Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports of live animals, animal products and high risk food and feed not of animal origin into Great Britain.
Import high-risk food and feed not of animal origin from the EU to Great Britain
How to import or move high-risk food and feed not of animal origin from the EU and Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
Importing and exporting fresh fruit and vegetables
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
Exporting country guides
Introduction
Exporting to Australia
What you need to know about exporting to Australia, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Exporting to Denmark
What you need to know about exporting to Denmark, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Exporting to France
What you need to know about exporting to France, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Exporting to Germany
What you need to know about exporting to Germany, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Exporting to Great Britain
What you need to know about exporting to Great Britain, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Exporting to Italy
What you need to know about exporting to Italy, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Exporting to the Netherlands
What you need to know about exporting to the Netherlands, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Exporting to New Zealand
What you need to know about exporting to New Zealand, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Exporting to Norway
What you need to know about exporting to Norway, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Exporting to Sweden
What you need to know about exporting to Sweden, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Exporting to the USA
What you need to know about exporting to the USA, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Country guides: Exporting to the EU
Find out about individual EU markets and the opportunities for doing export business there.
Country guides: Exporting outside the EU
Find out about accessing individual international markets and how you can get help targeting them.
Country guides: Providing services and travelling for business to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein
Information for UK businesses on service provision to individual EU countries.
Republic of Ireland: providing services
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services to the Repubic of Ireland.
Doing business in China: five top tips
Follow our tips to help you understand the culture of doing business in China.
Trade with Japan
How to import from and export to Japan.
Trade with Mexico
How you import from and export to Mexico.
Selling services to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services.
UK trade agreements with non-EU countries
Trade agreements with non-EU countries.
Trade barriers: what you need to know
Find out what trade barriers are and how they may affect you when exporting goods or services.
Top ten tips on importing from China
If you are considering importing from China, read our top ten tips to help you get started.
Starting to import
Introduction
How to import goods to Northern Ireland: step-by-step
How to move goods to Northern Ireland from a country outside the UK and the EU.
Are you ready to import?
Ensuring you have the right strategy and resources to benefit from importing.
Sign up for the Trader Support Service to move goods into and out of Northern Ireland
Free training and support for businesses for customs processes when moving goods into and out of Northern Ireland.
Moving goods temporarily into and out of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Find out how to pay less or no duty when you move goods temporarily out of Great Britain and between Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The Windsor Framework - local trade advice and support organisations
Sources of local advice to help your business manage updated trading arrangements.
Apply to import goods temporarily to the UK
How to apply for Temporary Admission to import goods into the UK, or move goods from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, and use them for up to 2 years or more, before re-exporting them.
Manage the risks of importing
Controlling the risks of importing while capitalising on the opportunities.
Working with international suppliers
Common problems associated with international purchasing and using overseas suppliers, and how to avoid them.
Avoiding crime and fraud in international trade
Identify and manage the risks of crime in international trade business.
Help HMRC stop illegal trading and fraud
How you can help HM Revenue & Customs and United Kingdom Visas and Immigration combat smuggling, illegal trading and evasion of tax and duty.
Ethical trading
Implement corporate social responsibility policies when conducting overseas trade.
Trading under WTO rules
How to trade with other countries if there is no UK trade agreement.
How to move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland: step-by-step
This checklist covers customs requirements for NI businesses buying goods from GB.
Import licences and certificates
Licences, certificates and special rules.
Starting to export
Introduction
Exporting and importing glossary: Key terms and definitions
Glossary of export and import shipping terms to support businesses involved in sending or receiving goods internationally. It provides definitions and explanations of key terminology to help you understand shipping processes and comply with trade requirements.
Help and support for exporting
Advice and support available to companies considering exporting.
How to export goods from Northern Ireland: step-by-step
How to move goods from Northern Ireland to destinations outside the EU and GB.
Basics of exporting
What's involved in selling goods or services to another country.
Preparing to export
Prepare your business for export with this step-by-step guide. Assess readiness, find markets, plan strategy, and manage logistics smoothly.
Sign up for the Trader Support Service to move goods into and out of Northern Ireland
Free training and support for businesses for customs processes when moving goods into and out of Northern Ireland.
Moving goods temporarily into and out of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Find out how to pay less or no duty when you move goods temporarily out of Great Britain and between Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Apply to become a registered exporter if you're established in Northern Ireland
Apply to HMRC to become a registered exporter on the Registered Exporter (REX) system.
Entering overseas markets
Learn how to successfully enter overseas markets with export marketing plans, entry strategies, and tips for export success.
Researching export markets
How to conduct export market research before selling to overseas markets.
The Windsor Framework - local trade advice and support organisations
Sources of local advice to help your business manage updated trading arrangements.
Are you ready to export?
Find out what you need to consider when thinking about trading outside Northern Ireland.
Manage the risks of exporting
Learn how you can identify and manage export risks.
Check if you need a customs guarantee (basic content)
You need an individual guarantee or a customs comprehensive guarantee to enter goods into a customs special procedure and defer duty
Letters of credit
What letters of credit are and how they can be used to reduce risk when importing and exporting.
Getting paid when exporting
Guidance on reducing risks associated with receiving payments from selling goods or services internationally.
Working with international suppliers
Common problems associated with international purchasing and using overseas suppliers, and how to avoid them.
Avoiding crime and fraud in international trade
Identify and manage the risks of crime in international trade business.
Help HMRC stop illegal trading and fraud
How you can help HM Revenue & Customs and United Kingdom Visas and Immigration combat smuggling, illegal trading and evasion of tax and duty.
Ethical trading
Implement corporate social responsibility policies when conducting overseas trade.
Use design to improve your export potential
Getting the design of products, packaging and marketing materials right can help you sell to overseas markets
Trade barriers: what you need to know
Find out what trade barriers are and how they may affect you when exporting goods or services.
Trading under WTO rules
How to trade with other countries if there is no UK trade agreement.
How to label and package goods being shipped out of the UK
How to package your goods safely and how to mark them with the right information labels when your business is exporting.
National Clearance Hub
Using the National Clearance Hub service for import and export declarations and Post Clearance functions.
Making an indirect export from Northern Ireland
Find out what to do when goods which were declared for export in an EU country leave Northern Ireland, for either Great Britain or another non-EU country.
Report a UK Internal Market issue
Report issues you have faced when buying or selling goods or services between different parts of the UK.