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External Trade
Container ship


Welcome to the External Trade pages.

Checking Licence Requirements


To view the Commodity codes (also known as Tariff or Combined Nomenclature codes), for products which currently require a licence please click on the pdf document below.


Licence Requirements.pdf


If you do not know the code for your product, you should contact Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Tariff Helpline on 01702 366 077.

Contact details for each commodity section can be found by clicking on the relevant link to the left.

For details on Certificates of Free Sale, please click on the pdf below.

Certificate of Free Sale.pdf
Other Enquiries


For details of duties and taxes applicable to imports and exports you should contact HMRC's General Helpline on 0845 010 9000. For any queries relating to entries on the CHIEF system you should contact HMRC's CHIEF Helpline on 02920 386 254.

Details of relevant contacts outside the RPA can be found in the pdf document below.

Other Enquiries.pdf


For any further queries, please ring our External Trade Helpine on 0191 226 5050, Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm.