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How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.
Find out about trade agreements that can be used now.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Find the UK’s preferential tariffs and Rules of Origin for the agreements contained within the Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Tariff Quotas) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services.
How to import goods under national or UN-level import controls. This includes weapons, sanctioned goods, or goods that could be used for torture.
How you import from and export to Turkey.
How the UK's strategic export controls apply to academics, university researchers and their institutions, and when an export licence is needed.
How to submit open licence returns on the SPIRE export licensing system.
Licence for the export of a wide range of military equipment to low-risk destinations.
Find out how to claim Returned Goods Relief if you’re re-importing goods into the EU.
How retained GEA licences authorise the export of certain controlled items to specified countries.
Where to find a list of publicly-funded further education (FE) colleges in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
You may be able to use an open individual export licence (OIEL) to regularly export similar controlled items to the same customer.
When military end-use export controls apply and to which destinations.
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services to Ireland.
Licence for the export of certain dual-use items to Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, including Liechtenstein and the USA.
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