Glossary
Classification
- Binding Tariff Information (BTI): the ruling that binds customs to your code
- Combined Nomenclature (CN): the EU's 8-digit customs code
- General Interpretative Rules (GIR): the six rules that decide every code
- HS 2028: finer codes are coming - check whether your products are affected
- Harmonized System (HS): the six-digit code behind every customs decision
Duties & taxes
- Anti-dumping duties: the extra duty on dumped imports
- Customs duties: the import tariffs set by code and origin
- Import taxes: the three taxes customs collects at import
- Non-manipulation certificate: the proof of direct transport that protects your preference
- Tariff quotas: the volume limit that changes the duty
- Trade defence instruments (TDI): anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures
Procedures
Restrictions
Sanctions
- Dual-use items: even a laptop can need an export licence
- EU sanctioned persons: who you cannot pay, supply or trade with
- EU sanctions: the goods they restrict, and the national rules on top
- Exporter of dual-use items: a definition that changes with the regulation
- International sanctions: who sets them, who they bind
- Making funds and economic resources available: what an asset freeze prohibits
- Territorial import bans: the ban set by origin, and the proof that lifts it
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Trade defence instruments (TDI): anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures
You calculate with a 6.5% customs duty. At import, a 39.7% anti-dumping duty is added. The duty was set for Chinese goods, yours are declared as Malaysian - and it still applies, because they were consigned from Malaysia. See which factors decide EU trade defence duties and how to check your goods before you order.
Duties & taxes
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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
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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
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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
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EORI number in the UK: GB and XI
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