Knowledge base · 18 articles
Guides in the “Questions and answers” category — UK ↔ EU customs clearance, imports, exports and T1/T2 transit, based on gov.uk, HMRC and EU law.
Opening a T1 requires a transit declaration in NCTS, an EORI number, a guarantee reference number (GRN) and the commercial and transport documents that supply the data: invoice, packing list and CMR. Without a valid…
There is no single official UK-PL clearance time. It depends on complete data, checks and advance declarations; see the ENS, GMR and transit deadlines.
GVMS links every customs declaration associated with a crossing – import, export and transit – into a single GMR number, which the haulier creates before the journey and presents at the port. The ferry or tunnel carrier…
What an LRN number is, who assigns it, its format (up to 22 characters) and how it differs from an MRN and a DUCR in CDS, NCTS transit and EU declarations.
Not directly. Import VAT is calculated on the customs value of the goods, to which duty and some additional costs are added, not on the invoice amount alone. The invoice is, however, the starting point for working out…
Yes, silver can be carried across the UK-EU border, but as goods: in commercial trade it needs a customs declaration with the correct HS code and settlement of duty and VAT. The declaration duty from EUR 10,000 /…
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