Fifteen free tools for importers, exporters, hauliers and forwarders. Plan a route, estimate duty and VAT, check border requirements and decode customs terms. They use official data where it matters, and need no sign-up.
Start here to see which declarations, border systems and controls a shipment needs, and whether a product can come in.
Tell the planner where goods start, where they end up and how they travel. It lists each customs step in order, shows whose rule it is and who normally files it. Hauliers, forwarders and importers use it to know what must happen before the lorry leaves.
Describe a product in your own words, or enter a commodity code, and say where it was made. The tool checks duty, health controls, licences and restrictions in the UK Trade Tariff and gives a plain verdict. First-time importers and online sellers use it to vet a supplier.
Estimate duty and VAT, build the customs value, size a transit guarantee and find the exchange rate HMRC expects.
Enter a 10-digit commodity code, the country of origin and what you paid. The calculator reads the measures from the UK Trade Tariff and estimates Customs Duty and import VAT, showing how each figure was reached. Importers and finance teams use it to price a purchase before they commit.
The customs value is the figure HMRC uses to charge duty and import VAT. The wizard works out which valuation method is likely to apply, then builds the value line by line, with the declaration code beside each one. Importers use it for anything beyond a simple invoice.
A transit guarantee covers the duty and VAT that could fall due if goods are not delivered properly. The calculator works out the potential debt for one movement, then the reference amount for your business, using HMRC's published method. Hauliers and forwarders use it when applying for or resizing a guarantee.
Enter an amount, a currency and a date. The tool finds the HMRC customs rate for that calendar month and shows the working in sterling. You can compare months, view a 12-month history or convert several amounts at once. It is not a bank rate.
Look up the tariff measures, border systems and customs offices that apply to your goods and your crossing.
Enter a commodity code, then choose a country and a date if you wish. The explorer shows every duty, quota, control and condition attached to it, from the UK Trade Tariff. Declarants and compliance staff use it to see which document codes go on a CDS declaration.
Choose the direction of travel, the UK port or terminal and, where it matters, the carrier. The checker says whether GVMS is required, what the goods movement reference must contain and what to do in what order. Hauliers and planners use it when booking a crossing.
Type a city, a port or a code such as NLRTM and you get the matching record. The finder searches one index built from the EU Customs Office List, HMRC's lists and UN/LOCODE, with the source and date on every record. Transit declarants and planners use it.
Settle who pays, who clears and where risk passes, then work out how much space the cargo needs.
Pick an Incoterm and see who arranges transport, who clears customs and where risk passes, laid out as a journey rather than a table. Compare it with one or two others side by side. Sales and purchasing staff use it to read a contract with confidence.
You do not need to know Incoterms to use this tool. Answer six plain questions, such as who should pay for the main transport, and it shortlists the terms that fit. Every match and every exclusion comes with a reason, so you can take it into a negotiation.
CBM means cubic metres, the standard measure of how much space cargo takes. Enter lengths, widths, heights, quantities and weights, and the calculator adds up volume and weight and shows which container suits the load. Confirm the final fit with your carrier or forwarder.
Check whether goods fall under the EU's carbon border charge, and estimate the emissions of moving a shipment.
CBAM is the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a charge on the carbon emitted making goods such as steel, aluminium and fertilisers. The estimator checks whether a product is in scope and shows an indicative certificate cost. It is an estimate, not a CBAM declaration.
CO₂e is a single figure that combines the warming effect of different greenhouse gases. Enter the weight, the distance or two places, and the mode, and the tool estimates the emissions. It uses UK government conversion factors and states its method on every result.
Look up any customs code or abbreviation and see what it means and where it is used.
Type a document code such as N935, a procedure code such as 4000 or an acronym such as MRN. The explorer shows what it is, where you use it, an example and the source. Search forgives typos, so new staff and experienced declarants can both check a code quickly.
