How to clear customs on UK Export movement at Dover and Calais
Your shipment is moving via Calais / Dover route and you wonder how to clear customs? Here’s practical guide how you can do this with Salvatori.
Dover – Calais, Dover – Dunkerque and Folkstone – Calais are the busiest shipping lanes between UK and EU and our customs office is based in Canterbury just miles away from the action.
Our dedicated team of customs clerks can help you with your exporting and importing needs in both UK and Europe. We are one of the few that can offer a full customs declaration service and can arrange all required paperwork for shipments going to and from Europe.
Our customs department is keeping its finger on the pulse updating and adapting to new importing and exporting rules and methods to help save time and money directly for the client’s benefit.
When it comes to practical side of exporting and importing and getting all required information for your Customs Declarations to enable fast and stress free Customs Clearance our in house developed Customer Portal provides lots of relevant interesting and easy to digest information and handy tools to help you.
Here’s our process and full explanation of how to prepare for export and import shipments and customs clerance depending on your choice of Incoterms.
UK Seller (ie. Consignor or Exporter)
1/ Agree Incoterms with the buyer
2/ Raise Commercial Invoice
EU Buyer (ie. Consignee or Importer)
1/ You will need to arrange transport.
2/ You will need GB EORI number to submit UK export declaration.
3/ You will need Commercial Invoice from the seller.
4/ Send invoice + vehicle details to Salvatori to submit export declaration.
5/ Pass export paperwork to the driver/haulier.
6/ Arrange Import Clearance, Salvatori can clear in Calais*, or you will need your own agent [you may need T1-please inform us].
7/ If Salvatori is your agent for import at destination, you may need to pay any taxes or duties (if applicable);
* you may be able to postpone VAT – check if your EU VAT is active.
** If you’re registered in France please provide ATVAI
*** you will need to sign EU POA authority for customs.
UK Seller (ie. Consignor or Exporter)
1/ Agree Incoterms with the buyer
2/ Raise Commercial Invoice
3/ Send invoice + vehicle details to Salvatori to submit export declaration.
4/ Check if your buyer has an agent? (do you need T1 for them?)
4/ Hand export paperwork to the driver.
EU Buyer (ie. Consignee or Importer)
1/ You will need to arrange transport.
2/ Arrange Import Clearance, Salvatori can clear in Calais*, or you will need your own agent [you may need T1-please inform us].
3/ If Salvatori is your agent for import at destination, please send us your Commercial Invoice from the seller to submit Import declaration.
4/ You may need to pay any taxes or duties (if applicable);
* you may be able to postpone VAT – check if your EU VAT is active.
** If you’re registered in France please provide ATVAI
*** you will need to sign EU POA authority for customs.
UK Seller (ie. Consignor or Exporter)
1/ Agree Incoterms with the buyer
2/ Raise Commercial Invoice
3/ You will need to arrange transport.
4/ Send invoice + vehicle details to Salvatori to submit export declaration.
5/ Check if your buyer has an agent? (do you need T1 for them?)
4/ Hand export paperwork to the driver
EU Buyer (ie. Consignee or Importer)
1/ Arrange Import Clearance, Salvatori can clear in Calais*, or you will need your own agent [you may need T1-please inform us].
2/ If Salvatori is your agent for import at destination, please send us your Commercial Invoice from the seller to submit Import declaration.
3/ You may need to pay any taxes or duties (if applicable);
* you may be able to postpone VAT – check if your EU VAT is active.
** If you’re registered in France please provide ATVAI
*** you will need to sign EU POA
UK Seller (ie. Consignor or Exporter)
1/ Agree Incoterms with the buyer
2/ You will need EU established company with EU address, EU EORI + EU VAT
3/ Raise Commercial Invoice
4/ You will need to arrange transport.
5/ Send invoice + vehicle details to Salvatori to submit export + import declaration.
6/ Hand export paperwork to the driver.
7/ You may need to pay any taxes or duties (if applicable);
* you may be able to postpone VAT – check if your EU VAT is active.
** If you’re registered in France please provide ATVAI
*** you will need to sign EU POA authority for customs.
EU Buyer (ie. Consignee or Importer)
1/ Agree Incoterms with the seller
2/ Pay for goods (inc. taxes)
3/ Receive delivery
Haulier
1/ Use MRN (found on EAD – EX1) to book your ferry/train as well as Kent Access Permit
2/ Submit safety and security declaration (your ferry company can do it for you).
3/ If using T1 go to Inland Border Facility (quote your LRN number found on EAD – EX1 in order to receive original T1 from customs)
4/ Go to customs office at destination to close the transit and discharge T1.
*Salvatori can arrange clearance in Calais, in order to avoid T1 – subject to conditions – check with the Salvatori office.
For any inquires weather its UK/EU exporting or UK/EU importing please contact us and we will be happy to help.