Articles tagged: Border checks

Catering and chilled displays at trade fairs: what travels and how

A chilled cabinet, product for display and product for tasting travel differently and hold a different...

Transport to Kent: Dover, Ashford and Folkestone

Kent is the first county past the Channel crossing: Dover, the Eurotunnel at Folkestone and the Sevington...

ISPM 15: when a wooden pallet stops your cargo at the UK border

Since Brexit every wooden pallet travelling to the UK needs a valid ISPM 15 mark. We explain what a correct...

Food labelling for the UK market: FIC, Natasha's Law and repacking in Milton Keynes

A label can stop a food delivery more effectively than the border. We explain the UK FIC information...

Food inspection and preparation at the Milton Keynes warehouse

Before Polish food reaches a British retail shelf, someone has to check it, document it and prepare it for...

Transport to IFE at ExCeL London: Polish food to the stand

IFE, the International Food and Drink Event, is one of the biggest food trade shows in the UK. We explain how...

Chilled fresh food transport PL-UK: cold chain and BTOM in practice

Fresh food to the UK is a double discipline: an unbroken cold chain in the vehicle and a complete set of...

ADR by ferry and Eurotunnel: which classes cross the Channel

Not every dangerous good gets onto every crossing. Eurotunnel runs its own DG policy, stricter than ADR, and...

Brexit five years on: what has settled in Poland to UK transport

From a clearance on every shipment, through GMR and BTOM checks, to EES biometrics: a summary of what...

Polish packaged food to UK shops: labelling and the rules

Exports to Polish shops in England most often stumble on the label, not the transport. We explain UK...

Dry food transport to the UK: BTOM categories, IPAFFS and the warehouse

Pasta, confectionery, preserves and other shelf-stable products are the simplest food exports to England, yet...

Shipments between the UK and the island of Ireland: Northern Ireland vs the Republic

One island, two entirely different regimes: Northern Ireland runs under the Windsor Framework, the Republic...

Clandestine entrant penalties: how the UK system treats hauliers

For a person hidden in a trailer, UK Border Force can fine both the operator and the driver, each separately...

Import licences for GB: what to check before you ship

Most industrial goods enter Great Britain without a licence, but selected groups need permits issued before...

ICS2 and ENS: safety declarations both ways between Poland and the UK

Two safety and security filing systems now operate on the Poland to UK route: the British one for entry into...

An incomplete packing list under inspection: what HMRC looks for

A packing list is treated as a formality until the shipment is selected for a check. Then it becomes the...

First UK export for a small business: we guide you by the hand

A small business is sending goods to the United Kingdom for the first time and does not know where to start...

Missing SPS certificate or SIVEP pre-notification: how you lose sensitive goods at the border

Goods of animal or plant origin without a health certificate and pre-notification will be stopped at a border...

SIVEP: France's veterinary and phytosanitary border checks

SIVEP is France's veterinary and phytosanitary border inspection service. We explain which goods it covers on...

Border procedures in transport: SIVEP, SPS checks, GMR, PBN, ATA

A guide to border procedures in road transport outside the EU: SPS veterinary and phytosanitary checks, the...

Who pays customs duty and VAT when importing from Poland to the UK

A UK buyer's map of who pays what on a Polish import: how the Incoterm decides duty and VAT, why the UK-EU...

E-commerce transport and logistics to the United Kingdom: returns, VAT and the 135 GBP threshold

Mail-order sales to the UK after Brexit mean B2C and B2B models, the 135 GBP consignment value threshold, GB...

Pallet re-stow and load re-arrangement on the vehicle, UK

A load that shifts in transit becomes an axle-weight and safety problem, not just a tidiness one. In our...

What you cannot send to the UK: banned and restricted goods in road freight

Pepper spray, certain knives, products of animal origin, plants, alcohol, medicines, dual-use items, lithium...

Postponed VAT Accounting: UK import VAT without paying at the border

A UK buyer does not have to pay import VAT at the border: Postponed VAT Accounting moves the tax onto the VAT...

UKCA or CE: product marking when exporting to Great Britain

After Brexit the GB market was meant to switch to UKCA, but the UK government extended recognition of CE...

The customs tariff code (CN/HS): how to find it and why it matters so much

The tariff code decides the duty rate, VAT, requirements and restrictions on import and export. We explain...

Sanitary checks on a load at the UK border: step by step at a control post (BCP)

What a sanitary check on a load at the UK border looks like in practice: documentary, identity and physical...

The BTOM model: SPS risk categories and import requirements for Great Britain

The BTOM model sorts SPS goods into risk categories: low, medium and high. The category decides on health...

Kielce trade fairs: exhibitor logistics A to Z

A complete logistics guide to Targi Kielce for exhibitors: an overview of the main events (MSPO, PLASTPOL...

ADR and limited quantities (LQ)

What limited quantities (LQ) under ADR are: when small packages of dangerous goods get relaxed requirements...

Tail-lift deliveries to addresses without a dock

When a tail lift is needed for delivery, how booking works and what pallet weight limits apply when unloading...

SENT: monitoring transport of sensitive goods in Poland

What the SENT system is, which goods it covers, how to register a movement in PUESC and why geolocation is...

Temperature-controlled transport to the UK

How to carry temperature-controlled goods to the United Kingdom: chillers, freezers, the cold chain and...

ATA carnet, return and discharge

How to stamp an ATA carnet at borders, why the goods must return in full and what happens if any are missing.

Transport to the SEC Glasgow, post-Brexit customs and ATA

How to deliver goods to the SEC in Glasgow: Scotland is part of Great Britain, so the same post-Brexit...

GB import clearance, what to prepare

What to prepare for GB import clearance: a GB EORI, goods data and tariffing, customs value, the GMR and ENS...

SENT registration step by step

How to file a SENT notification: the roles of sender, receiver and carrier, PUESC registration, the GPS...

SENT and international transport

When SENT applies to international transport, which sensitive goods it covers and what must be done on the...

Transport of clothing and textiles to the UK

How we carry clothing and textiles to the United Kingdom: the goods description in ENS, labels, wrapping...

ENS stop words: list of unacceptable goods descriptions (ICS2)

What ENS stop words are, why a vague goods description blocks an ICS2 declaration, and the full list of...

The Dunkirk-Dover crossing, how it works and what to remember

How the Dunkirk-Dover ferry crossing runs, what the GMR at the border is and what checks may await the driver.

ENS, the safety declaration on entry to the UK

What the ENS safety declaration is, who lodges it and when it must reach the system before goods enter the...

UK customs clearance after Brexit, step by step

How to clear customs step by step when exporting to the UK: documents, ENS, GMR and the order of actions.