Guidance: Making a full export declaration

Information about how to submit the declaration, including which guidance you should read when you’re submitting it to help you complete it, has been updated.

Information about pre-lodged export declarations has been updated.

From 1 January 2022, the locations where you will need to submit an arrived export declaration, or a pre-lodged export declaration have changed. From 1 January 2022 a departure message will be a legal requirement for all exports.

Details of how to submit an arrived export declaration has been added to the ‘before you submit’ section.

‘Sending goods to the EU through roll on roll off ports or the Channel Tunnel’ link has been added to the ‘Before you submit’ section.

This page has been updated because the Brexit transition period has ended.

This page has been updated with information from 1 January 2021.

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