UK customs clearance
made easy
In an ever-changing trade landscape, formed by increasing regulatory requirements, UK businesses must deal with multiple compliance considerations to keep their goods moving. With almost every movement to and from the UK requiring a customs declaration, managing the volume and making the right decisions on import/export entry types and duty minimisation options is challenging.
Contact our team by email at: europe@livingstonintl.com
Or phone us:
From the UK: (+44) 0800-169-2930
From the U.S.: 1-800-169-2930
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Additionally, you must keep up with evolving economic partnership agreements and new regulations like the EU Import Control System 2, the UK Modern Slavery Act, and the Net Zero Green Agendas of both the EU and the UK, making compliance a full-time task.
Incorrect or incomplete documentation for your import/export shipments could lead to customs delays or overpayment of duty and VAT. Even small mistakes can cost you additional time and effort to correct.
Have questions or need help with your UK clearance needs?
A dedicated customs agent can help.
Solutions tailored to the most complex trade and compliance issues, specific to your unique requirements. The multiple elements of a customs declaration – classification, origin, valuation – are well understood and entries are submitted accurately and on time. The result? Your goods move faster with less risk. Money and time are saved. You can expect efficient, worry-free clearances.
But not all customs agents are the same. Here’s what to look for in an agent:
Experience in all types of declarations
Expertise in current and upcoming regulatory requirements and how to interpret them
Understanding of your products and processes
Cohesive digital reporting, real-time shipment visibility, automated data exchange
Responsiveness
Livingston’s UK clearance services
All types of UK import declarations – full import entries, simplified entries (Simplified Customs Declaration Process) and BIRDS entries (Bulk Import Reduced Data Set)
Fast release of goods through a pre-entry process
Accurate determination of duties and taxes
Identification of duty minimisation opportunities
Import tax disbursement support
Post-clearance declaration analysis and adjustment
Management of duty waiver regimes including inward processing, outward processing, temporary imports and customs warehousing
Liaising with government departments on your behalf
Cutting through import delays.
Full and simplified export declarations
Permanent or temporary exports, warranty returns
Use of multiple carriers whilst retaining all your customs data in one place
Transit guarantees and documentation (T1, T2) enabling goods to pass smoothly between tax jurisdictions where your carrier does not hold the requisite guarantee
Export services that remove uncertainty and risk.
Incorrect or incomplete documentation for your import/export shipments could lead to customs delays or overpayment of duty and VAT. Even small mistakes can cost you additional time and effort to correct.
Why choose Livingston?
Full range of services
Expertise and reach
Technology
Visibility
Customised reporting
Full range of services.
Origin Qualification and Solicitation, Export Licensing and Compliance, Restricted Party Screening, HS classification reviews, due diligence and post-entry audits are there if you need them.
Expertise and reach.
Livingston’s hundreds of clients represent all major international import and export industries, from automotive to industrial to high tech and medical devices.
We offer nationwide coverage at 100% of all major UK ports, airports and terminals.
Technology: centralised, integrated data.
Livingston’s secure clearance portal allows you to upload your documents, maximising speed and accuracy, and provides you with automated clearance updates, copy customs declarations and transport confirmation data.
Visibility.
We’ll keep you updated at specific points along the supply chain, as best practice, and to ensure contingency plans can be made when circumstances go beyond our control.
Customised reporting.
Dashboards and reporting on customs declaration and transport confirmation data. Accessible at any time.
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All types of UK import declarations – full import entries, simplified entries (Simplified Customs Declaration Process) and BIRDS entries (Bulk Import Reduced Data Set)
Fast release of goods through a pre-entry process
Accurate determination of duties and taxes
Identification of duty minimisation opportunities
Import tax disbursement support
Post-clearance declaration analysis and adjustment
Management of duty waiver regimes including inward processing, outward processing, temporary imports and customs warehousing
Liaising with government departments on your behalf
Cutting through import delays.
All types of UK import declarations – full import entries, simplified entries (Simplified Customs Declaration Process) and BIRDS entries (Bulk Import Reduced Data Set)
Fast release of goods through a pre-entry process
Accurate determination of duties and taxes
Identification of duty minimisation opportunities
Import tax disbursement support
Post-clearance declaration analysis and adjustment
Management of duty waiver regimes including inward processing, outward processing, temporary imports and customs warehousing
Liaising with government departments on your behalf
Cutting through import delays.
Full and simplified export declarations
Permanent or temporary exports, warranty returns
Use of multiple carriers whilst retaining all your customs data in one place
Transit guarantees and documentation (T1, T2) enabling goods to pass smoothly between tax jurisdictions where your carrier does not hold the requisite guarantee
Export services that remove uncertainty and risk.
Incorrect or incomplete documentation for your import/export shipments could lead to customs delays or overpayment of duty and VAT. Even small mistakes can cost you additional time and effort to correct.
(+44) 0800-169-2930
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