CustomsClear

CustomsClear

Expertise and AI analysis you can act on

Compliance decisions in customs and trade need two things: competence and speed. CustomsClear delivers both - AI tools that turn hours of research into seconds, and the knowledge to stand behind every decision. Built to cover EU customs law, for both ends of the trade lanes into and out of the EU, including EU-UK.

For everyone who handles cross-border trade: importers, exporters, manufacturers, forwarders, carriers, customs brokers, consultants and legal advisers - from one-person businesses to international organisations.

Stop re-researching every code. Classify AI, Smart Taric AI and Sanctions AI answer classification, tariff, duty, restriction and sanctions questions in seconds. They draw on the sources you would otherwise piece together: TARIC, BTIs, ECICS, CJEU case law, national tariffs and sanctions lists. Every answer traces back to the legislation, so you can defend it to an auditor or client. The AI does the analysis; you apply your judgement.

Stay current and back it up. The CustomsClear knowledge platform brings together content from more than 200 experts. It keeps you ahead of EU regulatory change - the UCC, CBAM, EUDR, sanctions, rules of origin and more, across more than 350 laws enforced by customs. Regulatory updates, practical articles, how-to videos, live events and training courses give you the reasoning, not just the answer.

One defensible way of working, across your team. Give everyone who classifies, checks tariffs or screens sanctions one consistent, defensible method. Onboard and upskill new staff, resolve questions faster, and cut errors and the queries that cause border delays.

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Content by CustomsClear

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Centralised clearance for import (CCI): the customs rules are uniform, the tax rules are not

18 Aug 2026

What centralised clearance for import is, who can use it, which national tax rules follow the goods, and how it compares with customs procedure 42 and release after transit.

Procedures
Duties & taxes
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Non-manipulation certificate: the proof of direct transport that protects your preference

16 Aug 2026

What a non-manipulation certificate is, the direct-transport rule behind it, who issues it, how the EU procedure works, and its new role for US imports.

Duties & taxes
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EORI number: the identifier customs uses to know who you are

13 Aug 2026

What an EORI number is, who must have one, how it is formatted and obtained, how national requirements differ, and how to keep it valid.

Procedures
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EORI number in the UK: GB and XI

13 Aug 2026

What a UK EORI number is, the difference between GB and XI numbers, who needs one, how to apply, and how to validate it.

Procedures
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Combined Nomenclature (CN): the EU's 8-digit customs code

12 Aug 2026

What the Combined Nomenclature is, how an 8-digit CN code is structured, its legal basis, and how the yearly updates and the correlation table work.

Classification
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Tariff quotas: the volume limit that changes the duty

10 Aug 2026

What a tariff quota is, the preferential, autonomous and safeguard types, how they are managed, and how the steel quotas work - with a worked example.

Duties & taxes
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Territorial import bans: the ban set by origin, and the proof that lifts it

09 Aug 2026

What a territorial import ban is, the EU bans in force, and how goods clear one - by proving, in the right form, that they do not originate in the prohibited territory.

Sanctions
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EU prohibitions and restrictions (P&R): the border controls that aren't about duty

09 Aug 2026

Prohibitions and restrictions (P&R) are the non-fiscal EU controls on goods entering, leaving or moving through the customs territory - imposed to protect health, safety, security, the environment and other public interests - that apply by commodity code, alongside the duty position.

Restrictions
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Anti-dumping duties: the extra duty on dumped imports

03 Aug 2026

What an anti-dumping duty is, how the EU sets it through an investigation, how it applies on top of the normal customs duty, and how circumvention is tackled - with a worked example.

Duties & taxes
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EU sanctions: the goods they restrict, and the national rules on top

03 Aug 2026

How EU sanctions restrict goods by commodity code, the national measures member states add on top, who must comply, and the penalties - the full EU picture for traders.

Sanctions

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Centralised clearance for import (CCI): the customs rules are uniform, the tax rules are not

Centralised clearance for import (CCI): the customs rules are uniform, the tax rules are not

What centralised clearance for import is, who can use it, which national tax rules follow the goods, and how it compares with customs procedure 42 and release after transit.

Procedures
Duties & taxes
Non-manipulation certificate: the proof of direct transport that protects your preference

Non-manipulation certificate: the proof of direct transport that protects your preference

What a non-manipulation certificate is, the direct-transport rule behind it, who issues it, how the EU procedure works, and its new role for US imports.

Duties & taxes
EORI number: the identifier customs uses to know who you are

EORI number: the identifier customs uses to know who you are

What an EORI number is, who must have one, how it is formatted and obtained, how national requirements differ, and how to keep it valid.

Procedures