Category Archives: Licences & Controls

Clothes and Footware

in Licences & Controls

Guidance Clothing, footwear and fashion: international trade regulations Regulations affecting exporters and importers in the clothing, footwear and fashion sector in the adult and children’s markets. Published ...

Dual Use Goods

in Licences & Controls

Licence Verification

in Licences & Controls

Guidance Automatic import and export licence verification How the automatic licence verification process works to the benefit of international traders and agents and which goods are covered. Published 3 August 2012 ...

EU Export Authorisations

in Licences & Controls

EU General Export Authorisations How EU GEA licences authorise the export of specified controlled dual-use goods to certain countries outside the EU. Published 14 August 2012 Last updated 14 December 2017 — see all ...

National Imports Relief Unit

in Licences & Controls

Guidance Find out about HMRC’s National Import Reliefs Unit How the National Import Reliefs Unit (NIRU) controls imports on certain goods from outside the EU and what tax and duty reliefs may apply. Published ...

Anti-Dumping

in Licences & Controls

Guidance UK Trade Tariff: anti-dumping and countervailing duties Published 1 January 2009 Contents 1.Anti-Dumping Duty 2.Repayment claims 1. Anti-Dumping Duty An Anti-Dumping Duty (ADD) is a customs duty on imports ...

Export and Import Licence 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Export licences and certificates from 1 January 2021 Licences, certificates and special rules for taking goods out of the UK from 1 January 2021. Published 10 July 2020 From: Department for Environment, Food & ...

CITES Specimens Movements 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Trading CITES-listed specimens through UK ports and airports from 1 January 2021 Designated land, sea and air ports for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals, plants, or their parts and derivatives from 1 ...

Sanctions 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Sanctions Policy after 31 December 2020 Published 31 January 2020 The UK has left the EU This page tells you what you’ll need to do from 1 January 2021. It’ll be updated if anything changes. For current ...

Hallmarking 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Guidance Hallmarking requirements from 1 January 2021 How UK jewellery importers and exporters will be affected from 2021. Published 25 October 2019 Last updated 23 December 2020 — see all updates From: British ...

Trade Remedies Transition 2021 UK Guidance

in Imports, Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Guidance Trade remedies transition policy Trade remedies protect domestic industries from unfair practices around imports. The UK’s own independent trade policy includes a trade remedies system. Published 6 February ...

NI Product Standards + Metrology 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, NI Trading, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Placing goods on the GB market from the EU market if you’re a business in Northern Ireland If you’re a Northern Ireland business selling goods on the GB market that have been supplied to you (as a distributor) from ...

GB Product Safety + Metrology 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Guidance UK product safety and metrology from 1 January 2021 Guidance for businesses on specific product safety and metrology regulations. Published 16 November 2020 From: Office for Product Safety and Standards The ...

Cultural Objects 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls

Guidance Exporting or importing objects of cultural interest from 1 January 2021 What you need to know and do to export or import objects of cultural interest from 1 January 2021. Published 16 October 2020 Last ...

Import Licences

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Guidance Import licences and certificates from 1 January 2021 Licences, certificates and special rules for bringing goods into the UK from 1 January 2021. Published 10 July 2020 Last updated 28 October 2020 — see all ...

Export Licences 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Guidance Export licences and certificates from 1 January 2021 Licences, certificates and special rules for taking goods out of the UK from 1 January 2021. Published 10 July 2020 Last updated 28 October 2020 — see all ...

EU Domain Names 2021 UK Guidance

in Digital, Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Guidance .eu domain names – what you need to do before the end of the transition period Find out what you need to do before the end of the transition period if you hold a .eu domain. Published 16 October 2020 ...

Cultural Objects

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Guidance Exporting or importing objects of cultural interest from 1 January 2021 What you need to know and do to export or import objects of cultural interest from 1 January 2021. Published 16 October 2020 From: ...

Pet Travel 2021 UK Guidance

in Food and Agriculture, Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Guidance Pet travel to Europe from 1 January 2021 How to prepare for travel with your pet to any EU country from 1 January 2021. Published 14 October 2020 From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs ...

CITES Specimens 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Trading and moving endangered species protected by CITES from 1 January 2021 The rules for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals or plants, or their parts or derivatives from 1 January 2021. Published 14 ...

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Guidance Trade remedies transition policy Trade remedies protect domestic industries from unfair practices around imports. The UK’s own independent trade policy includes a trade remedies system. Published 6 February ...

Rough Diamonds 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

The UK trades in rough diamonds is regulated by the Kimberley Process (KP) Certification Scheme. The EU is a participant of the KP acts on behalf of the UK. 1. Until 31 December 2020 The EU will treat the UK as a ...

EU Firearm Certs 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

UK residents who want to travel to the EU with their firearms or shotguns will no longer be able to apply for a European Firearms Pass (EFP) from 1 January 2021. Instead, you should check the firearms licensing ...

Hallmarking 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Recognition of hallmarks From 1 January 2021, the UK’s obligations to recognise EU hallmarks will end and EU members’ obligations to recognise UK hallmarks will also end. Any product already on the market before ...

Cultural Objects Trade 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Exporting or importing objects of cultural interest from 1 January 2021 Updated 2 October 2019 New rules for January 2021 The UK has left the EU, and the transition period after Brexit comes to an end this year. This ...

Exporting Controlled Goods 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Contents Controlled goods Exporting military items Exporting firearms to the EU Exporting dual-use items Exporting civil nuclear material Exporting goods that could be used for torture or capital punishment What you ...

Trading Timber 2021 UK Guidance

in Licences & Controls, UK Post-Exit Guidance Notes [2020]

Trading timber: imports and exports from 1 January 2021 Prepare for the rules that will apply to buying and selling timber and timber products from 1 January 2021. Published 22 January 2019 From: Department for ...