International trade

Getting started

• Export basics
• Import basics
• Paperwork basics
• Market entry, selling and promotion

Industry overviews and regulations

• Food, agriculture & natural resources
• Manufactured goods
• Service Industries

Practicalities of importing and exporting

• Practical importing
• Practical exporting

Export and import licences

• Export Control Organisation
• Do you need an export or import licence?
• Enforcing CITES controls
• Importing controlled goods

Regulatory barriers when exporting

• Market access for UK exporters - removing trade barriers

Classifying your goods

• Using the UK Trade Tariff
• The UK Trade Tariff
• How to classify difficult goods

Payments and reliefs

• VAT, excise & duty
• Getting paid and managing risk
• Customs duty reliefs

Declarations and notifications

• Customs declarations
• Certificates and notifications

Movement of goods

• Preparing goods for transport
• Transporting your goods

Global trading

• Country information
• Help for foreign businesses in the UK

International trade - site map