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Guidance: Get someone to deal with customs for you

Published 12 January 2019

Last updated 8 June 2022
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  1. 8 June 2022

    A link to ‘Check what you need to consider before getting someone to deal with customs for you’, information about what you will need to give the person dealing with customs for you and agreeing terms and conditions have been added.

  2. 27 April 2021

    Added clarification that when someone is representing you directly and making declarations in your name (in set circumstances), they will not be held jointly liable.

  3. 16 October 2020

    If you’re established in the UK and import goods into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) you can ask someone to act directly using their own authorisation, to make declarations using either simplified declaration procedure or entry in the declarant’s records.

  4. 10 July 2020

    From 1 January 2021, someone dealing with customs for you will need to be established in Great Britain or Northern Ireland.

  5. 12 January 2019

    First published.

Published 12 January 2019

Last updated 8 June 2022
+ show all updates

  1. 8 June 2022

    A link to ‘Check what you need to consider before getting someone to deal with customs for you’, information about what you will need to give the person dealing with customs for you and agreeing terms and conditions have been added.

  2. 27 April 2021

    Added clarification that when someone is representing you directly and making declarations in your name (in set circumstances), they will not be held jointly liable.

  3. 16 October 2020

    If you’re established in the UK and import goods into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) you can ask someone to act directly using their own authorisation, to make declarations using either simplified declaration procedure or entry in the declarant’s records.

  4. 10 July 2020

    From 1 January 2021, someone dealing with customs for you will need to be established in Great Britain or Northern Ireland.

  5. 12 January 2019

    First published.