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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
Export horses and ponies: special rules
Current rules for exporting horses and other equines, including ponies and donkeys, to the EU and Northern Ireland
Check if you need a customs guarantee
You need an individual guarantee or a customs comprehensive guarantee to enter goods into a customs special procedure and defer duty
Moving excise goods as freight under the Northern Ireland Protocol
Information about the movement of excise goods, which may involve interaction with customs requirements
Product safety and metrology - Northern Ireland
Guides on specific product safety and metrology regulations for businesses placing goods on the market in Northern Ireland
Get someone to deal with customs for you
How you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you
Export licences and certificates
Licences, certificates and special rules for taking goods out of the UK
Register to make an entry summary declaration in Northern Ireland
Use the Import Control System if you import goods from outside of the EU into Northern Ireland or move goods into Northern Ireland from Great Britain, to give information to customs before your goods arrive
How VAT will apply for goods imported into Northern Ireland from outside the UK or EU
Find out when you can, or need to, account for VAT on your tax return if you're a UK VAT-registered business
Apply to operate a temporary storage facility
Check if you can operate a facility and meet the conditions to store imported goods temporarily and find out how to apply
Check if you need to make an entry summary declaration
Find out if you need to make an entry summary declaration if you are moving goods into Great Britain or Northern Ireland directly or from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
Inward processing
Use inward processing to delay or reduce import duties or VAT on goods that you process or repair
Customs warehousing
You can use custom warehousing to delay duty and VAT. You will only pay when your goods leave the warehouse and go into free circulation
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
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
Tool: Check duties and customs procedures for exporting goods
Access information such as duties and customs procedures for over 160 markets around the world
Business contracts and fair competition
Forming contracts with other businesses, resolving disputes and competing fairly
Product safety
Laws and guidance for businesses on product safety in Northern Ireland
Trader Support Service: Assisted Completion Service
The Trader Support Service (TSS) can help businesses complete their Supplementary Declarations (SD) with the Assisted Completion Service
Promoting our business through Instagram - Ivory & Pearl
Kate Speers, owner of Ivory & Pearl, explains how they promote their business through Instagram