How freight forwarders can take care of much of the work involved in transporting your goods internationally.
Meeting regulatory requirements to transport dangerous goods, and the role of the Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser.
A guide to regulations governing the transportation of dangerous goods by road and the procedures involved.
Authorisations and permits you will require if you are operating haulage vehicles on international journeys.
Documentation for international road haulage drivers to help you keep to schedule and ensure prompt delivery of goods.
How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.
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
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.
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.
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 from 1 January 2021
If you import into or export from Northern Ireland you can get a decision on the origin of your goods.
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
Use the Trade Tariff to look up commodity codes, duty and VAT rates
Tool which can help your business check if a tariff needs to be paid on goods brought from GB into NI
Help and guidance on how to classify goods
Free training and support for businesses for customs processes when moving goods into and out of Northern Ireland.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Businesses that sell or facilitate movement of food in Northern Ireland can register for the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
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.
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.
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
Check if you should submit information sheets (INFs) if you're a UK trader using customs special procedures for inward or outward processing
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
You may need permission to temporarily move or export goods outside the UK, for example if you take sales samples to a trade show.
Find out what to do when you're moving goods between special procedures in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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
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.
Understanding the New Computerised Transit System and how to use it in your business
Find out how your business can move someone's personal belongings from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
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
Access information such as duties and customs procedures for over 160 markets around the world
Find out which goods qualify for unfettered access when moving from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK.
Find out what to do when you move goods out of Northern Ireland using transit
How to plan your route and make declarations if your transit movement is starting in Northern Ireland.
How to get your business ready to move goods out of the UK to Common Transit Convention countries.
Find out what to do when you transport goods under a transit movement into or through the UK from common transit countries.
Find out what to do when you transport goods out of Northern Ireland under a transit movement to common transit countries.
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.
Find out more about getting authorised consignor or consignee status to start or end transit movements at your own premises.
Why you need a guarantee and how to work out how much guarantee you need to cover your movements.
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.
Information on the implementation of labelling and packaging requirements for medicinal products for human use following agreement of the Windsor Framework.
Find out how the CPD Carnet works, how to apply and what to do at customs.
What UK waste importers and exporters must do to notify about waste shipments.
How to trade plants and plant products, including trees, inside and outside the EU
Check if you need a certificate to export food, drink and agricultural products.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products.
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.
Guidance on exporting or moving high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) from Great Britain to the EU or Northern Ireland.
Overview of the rules for importing and exporting organic food.
How to get an export health certificate to export animals and animal products from 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
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.
Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow
Rules you need to follow to export cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry.
What you need to do to export or move animal bones, protein and other by-products
Designated land, sea and air ports for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals, plants, or their parts and derivatives.
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
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.
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
Find out when you might need a Support Health Attestation (SHA) and how to apply for it
How to export or move fish for human consumption from the UK (excluding Northern Ireland to the EU)
How to import or move fish for human consumption to the UK.
Rules for wine importers, exporters, producers, retailers and distributors
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).
Rules for importing or moving horses and other equines, including ponies and donkeys
Exporters of groups of products of animal origin (POAO) to the EU and Northern Ireland can join the groupage export facilitation scheme (GEFS) to use 30-day support attestations
The procedures to follow for transit of live animals moving from EU to Northern Ireland through GB only.
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.
How to move fishery products or bivalve molluscs from Great Britain or non EU countries into Northern Ireland.
Find out what a composite product is, and what you need to do to import or move composite products.
Current rules for exporting horses and other equines, including ponies and donkeys, to the EU and Northern Ireland.
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.
Find out what you need to do to import or move food and drink from the EU and Northern Ireland 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.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
How to move goods from Northern Ireland to destinations outside the EU and GB.
Report issues you have faced when buying or selling goods or services between different parts of the UK.
Find out what trade barriers may affect you when exporting goods or services, and how to report new ones
Trade agreements with non-EU countries.
What you need to know about exporting to Australia, and how you can get help targeting this market.
What you need to know about exporting to France, and how you can get help targeting this market.
What you need to know about exporting to Germany, and how you can get help targeting this market.
What you need to know about exporting to the Netherlands, and how you can get help targeting this market.
What you need to know about exporting to Great Britain, and how you can get help targeting this market.
What you need to know about exporting to New Zealand, and how you can get help targeting this market.
What you need to know about exporting to the USA, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Find out about individual EU markets and the opportunities for doing export business there.
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services.
Information for UK businesses on service provision to individual EU countries.
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services to the Repubic of Ireland.
If you're a VAT-registered business trading in Northern Ireland or between Northern Ireland and the EU you need to tell HMRC, so you can continue to account for VAT on acquisitions and dispatches
Find out about accessing individual international markets and how you can get help targeting them.
Follow our tips to help you understand the culture of doing business in China
How to import from and export to Japan.
How you import from and export to Mexico
How to move goods to Northern Ireland from a country outside the UK and the EU.
Find out how to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain and Northern Ireland using the Royal Mail Group or an express carrier.
Ensuring you have the right strategy and resources to benefit from importing.
Free training and support for businesses for customs processes when moving goods into and out of 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
Sources of local advice to help your business manage updated trading arrangements.
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.
Controlling the risks of importing while capitalising on the opportunities.
Common problems associated with international purchasing and using overseas suppliers, and how to avoid them.
Identify and manage the risks of crime in international trade business.
How you can help HM Revenue & Customs and United Kingdom Visas and Immigration combat smuggling, illegal trading and evasion of tax and duty.
Implement corporate social responsibility policies when conducting overseas trade.
How to trade with other countries if there is no UK trade agreement.
This checklist covers customs requirements for NI businesses buying goods from GB.
Licences, certificates and special rules.