International Trade Agreements Customs and Duty Each year the UK
Government issues a two-volume text called “Customs
Nomenclature” which sets out import information for UK importers
and agents. As we are members of the European Union the customs
categories and rates of duty within this document will be
identical to the information published in all other EU Member
States. The most useful part of this document is Chapter 44
which specifically relates to wood and wood products. Within
this chapter there are numbered sections with descriptive
headings and sub-headings under which products must be
categorised or declared. It is critical to choose the correct
Customs Code because this single number determines all of the
following: a) the basic rate of duty applicable; b) duty
discounts which are available, such as General System of
Preference (GSP); c) additional duty which could be incurred,
such as Anti Dumping measures; d) which category of import
statistics this volume appears within; Incorrect declarations
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