Tag Archives: Customs

What is GVMS? GVMS stands for the ‘Goods Vehicle Movement Service’. From the 1st January 2021, goods moving into and out of the UK will be subject to new customs controls because the UK has left the EU Customs Union.

In what is now a final dash to the finish line, the UK & Customs world is now getting inundated with Customs news & UK guidance. With news being pumped out on a daily basis it is often difficult to narrow in on the important & relevant information.

Here at Eley Consultancy Ltd we have just finished watching a live HMRC webinar about the new Safety & Security requirements that will be coming into affect post Brexit. The information that we obtained from the webinar was as follows:

From 1 January 2021, if no trade agreement exists between the UK and another country, trade with that country will take place under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. This will affect all UK businesses in one way or another so its vital that you prepare accordingly in the event that the UK begins trading underContinue reading “Trading under WTO rules”

On Wednesday 18th December 2020 the UK Government released new guidance for hauliers transporting goods between Great Britain and the EU from 1st January 2021. This new guidance tells you exactly what you need to do from the 1st January 2021.

You need an EORI number to move goods between the UK and non-EU countries. From 1 January 2021 you will need one to move goods between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the EU. You will also need one if you move goods to or from Northern Ireland.

Following on from our article about how to import goods from EU into GB from January 2021, comes this follow up on how to export goods from GB into the EU from January 2021. The UK Government has put together a very handy 10-page guide on how to export goods from GB into the EUContinue reading “How to export goods from GB into the EU from January 2021”

If you’re regularly moving goods using transit procedures, you can apply for authorised consignor or consignee status which will allow you to start or end the movement of goods under the Common Transit Convention or Union Transit at your own premises rather than at a customs office. You can apply for both authorised consignor and consignee status.

The UK Government has put together a very handy 10-page guide on how to import goods from the EU into GB from January 2021. For those still struggling and getting to grips with what is expected of them, this guidance is incredibly helpful.

If you are not already using this or aware of it, then here at Eley Consultancy Ltd we wanted to bring to your attention the Governments ‘UK Global Tariff Tool’ that is coming into effect on the 1st January 2021.