Import and Export Guides

Guidance for Importers and Exporters

We have created some guides that are designed to assist importers and exporters with varied levels of experience. If your company is already involved in international trade or is looking to trade abroad, our guides will help you understand the complexities of importing and exporting.


We will help you ensure that your business is import- and export-compliant and well-positioned for commercial success within overseas markets. Whether you’re looking for import or export information or you are developing your global strategy, our procedure guides will ensure you can make decisions with the necessary facts at hand.


Our business guides for importing and exporting cover the following topics:

Our Global Trade Blogs

Requirements for UK safety and security declarations when importing products from the EU.

Safety and Security Declarations for EU Imports

By Ian Simmonds • January 28, 2025
Border officials utilise a Safety and Security Declaration (SSD) to assess the possible risk that items crossing their border pose to their jurisdiction. It has nothing to do with taxes and duties. Declarations come in two varieties: exit summary declarations (EXS) and entry summary declarations (ENS).
HMRC is recommending that all UK exporters sign up for the Customs Declaration Service.

UK Export Customs Declarations

By Ian Simmonds • January 25, 2024
The UK government advises all exporters to use the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS), which will be mandatory for export declarations as of March 31, 2024.

The final Border Target Operating Model

By Ian Simmonds • January 2, 2024
The final Border Target Operating Model sets out a new approach to security controls, and sanitary and phytosanitary controls. 
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Our Global Trade Blogs

Requirements for UK safety and security declarations when importing products from the EU.

Safety and Security Declarations for EU Imports

By Ian Simmonds • January 28, 2025
Border officials utilise a Safety and Security Declaration (SSD) to assess the possible risk that items crossing their border pose to their jurisdiction. It has nothing to do with taxes and duties. Declarations come in two varieties: exit summary declarations (EXS) and entry summary declarations (ENS).
HMRC is recommending that all UK exporters sign up for the Customs Declaration Service.

UK Export Customs Declarations

By Ian Simmonds • January 25, 2024
The UK government advises all exporters to use the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS), which will be mandatory for export declarations as of March 31, 2024.

The final Border Target Operating Model

By Ian Simmonds • January 2, 2024
The final Border Target Operating Model sets out a new approach to security controls, and sanitary and phytosanitary controls. 
More Posts

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