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Taxes, VAT, duties and tariffs
Understand your tax obligations when importing or exporting including VAT and excise duties
Import and export procedures
Learn about the various procedures when importing and exporting
Customs declarations
How to use the UK Trade Tariff and other Customs IT systems
Starting to export
Thinking about exporting? Find out if your business is ready and what steps you need to take
How to choose raw materials for ecodesign
Consider your use of raw materials while developing sustainable goods and services.
Ecodesign for end of product life
How to design products so that you or your customers can reuse or dispose of them in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective way.
Product ecodesign checklist
Considering the whole of a product's lifecycle to ensure goods and services become more sustainable
Ecodesign: compliance and standards
Understand the legal responsibilities and standards that relate to the ecodesign of products, and how to ensure compliance with ecodesign directives.
Ecodesign in product and service development
What is ecodesign and how it can help you to minimise the environmental impact of your goods and services
Advantages and disadvantages of ecodesign
Introduction to the environmental and cost benefits of ecodesign, and some barriers to creating products or services in a sustainable way.
Ecodesign: process and strategies
How to plan ecodesign for your products and introduce ecodesign activities within your business’ existing design process.
Research your products for ecodesign
How to carry out research and life cycle assessment to ensure that new or revised products follow ecodesign principles.
Identify ecodesign priorities
Assess your priorities when developing new or revised products that will use ecodesign.
What is ecodesign?
An overview of ecodesign and the key environmental considerations when developing products using ecodesign principles.
R&D grants and support in Northern Ireland
Where to find research and development support and grants for businesses in Northern Ireland, and how Invest NI can help.
Importing and exporting fresh fruit and vegetables
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
Importing or moving live animals, germinal products, animal by-products and high risk food and feed not of animal origin
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.
Importing and exporting organic food
Overview of the rules for importing and exporting organic food.
Create a goods movement reference
Get a goods movement reference to move goods through locations which use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Trading and moving goods in and out of Northern Ireland
How to prepare if you trade and move goods in and out of Northern Ireland.