Introduction Importing a Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) vehicle into Great Britain is absolutely achievable when you approach it as a single, joined-up process. You will prepare a compliant customs declaration, determine whether you can lawfully claim preferential duty under the UK–Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), calculate duty and VAT on a correct customs value, [...]
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Introduction Handcrafted goods—textiles, ceramics, carved wood, metalwork, baskets, jewellery, decorative glass, and artisan homeware—enjoy resilient demand in the United Kingdom. Their appeal lies in cultural provenance, design authenticity, and sustainable narratives that mass production rarely matches. Bringing handicrafts to market, however, requires diligence across three domains: accurate tariff classification and origin treatment; precise computation of [...]
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The United Kingdom’s market for wines and specialty beverages—ranging from estate-bottled Bordeaux and premium sparkling wines to craft beers, ciders, meads, sakes, and small-batch spirits—remains resilient and discerning. Turning that demand into sustainable margin requires clear mastery of three pillars: accurate commodity classification and origin treatment; precise computation of customs duty, alcohol duty, and import [...]
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Introduction From designer sofas and handcrafted tables to lighting, textiles, glassware and ceramics, furniture and home goods arrive in the United Kingdom under close fiscal and regulatory scrutiny. To move consignments efficiently you must build a coherent pathway that starts with accurate classification and origin, continues through duty and VAT calculations, and culminates in an [...]
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Introduction Tractors, combine harvesters, seed drills, and precision-spraying robots routinely cross the United Kingdom’s borders to meet the modernisation goals of British farms. Yet these high-value assets clear the frontier only when importers satisfy two parallel regimes: the UK customs framework—including an accurate customs declaration—and a demanding body of product-safety, environmental, and plant-health rules. This [...]
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Introduction Scanners, prosthetic joints, diagnostic test kits, and surgical instruments cross the United Kingdom’s borders every day—yet the journey from factory floor to operating theatre is governed by one of the most exacting compliance regimes in global trade. Importers must demonstrate that a device satisfies the UK’s health-regulation framework and clear it through HMRC’s customs [...]
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Introduction Whether you are an established chemical distributor or a general business branching into specialty raw materials, importing chemicals into Great Britain demands absolute clarity on two separate but intertwined regulatory tracks. UK REACH governs the safety, registration and authorisation of every substance that will ultimately be placed on the GB market, while HMRC customs [...]
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