Clearing goods entering, leaving or transiting the UK
Get your goods cleared by the National Clearance Hub when moving goods into, out of, or through the UK.
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The National Clearance Hub (
NCH) handles the movement of third country goods and processes goods transiting the UK. The service is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
The
NCH is also responsible for the control and amendment of entries after clearance. This service is available from 9am to 5:00pm.
This guide explains the responsibilities and service levels of the
NCH and the different routes to clear consignments.
NCH responsibilities
Brexit means end of an era for wayfaring pleasure cruisers in Europe
From January 1 the cruising season will be cut short for Britons
Those with plans for long-term sailing might need to rethink
Credit: MANUEL BREVA COLMEIRO/GETTY
Sea dog or landlubber, freedom life on the water brings is certainly a liberating tonic we could all do with right now.
Brexit is proving no dreamboat for yacht and sailboat owners who fear long-term pleasure cruising in Europe is well and truly scuppered.
“It’s the loss of a dream. In a tiny bay in Greece, we met a young Israeli couple on a yacht. There was only room for two of us, but it was a beautiful beach, so we moved in and anchored, and then the bay was full.
Post-Brexit sailing rules explained: Restrictions loom for 20,000 UK cruisers 0shares
As the UK nears the end of its Brexit transition period on December 31, the situation for long-term cruisers and UK owners who keep their yacht in Europe is set to become increasingly complicated
Photo: Getty / Voyagerix
There are three major areas of concern. For UK citizens an immediate impact will be losing the right to spend longer than 90 days in any rolling 180-day period in the Schengen Area.
If sailing around Europe, cruisers can ‘pause the clock’ by heading to non-Schengen territories such as Croatia, Turkey, Ireland, Cyprus, Morocco, Montenegro, or Gibraltar – either on or off their boat – but they can’t ‘reset’ the 90 days until the 180-day period is up.
Who can claim relief
You can get this relief if you’re re-importing goods into the UK that have previously been exported. This is known as Returned Goods Relief. The relief does not apply where those goods were exported from the UK as a result of their removal from Northern Ireland.
The goods must be re-imported in an unaltered state, apart from any work that may have been carried out to maintain the goods in working order, the goods cannot have been upgraded to increase their value.
The goods must also:
have been in free circulation in the UK when they were exported, unless they were originally declared to inward processing or end-use