Customers allowances & Procedures by Ellie May Mullett (Student)

Overview of personal allowances.

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People entering the UK over seas are allowed to bring some alcohol but it depends. It has to be beer- 42 litres and wine(still) 18 litres. You can also bring spirits and other liquors. Liquors and spirits should be over 22% alcohol - 4 litres. Alcoholic drinks up to 22% alcohol (not including beer or still wine). If you are to bring in 19 litres of wine you must pay tax and duty on all of it because you have gone over your 18 litre allowance for wine. tobacco allowance is two hundred cigarettes, 100 cigarillos, 50 cigars, 250g of tobacco and 200 sticks of tobacco for electronic heated tobacco devices.

Allowances for tobacco, alcohol & other goods.

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You are allowed to bring the following

200 cigarettes
100 cigarillos
50 cigars
250g tobacco

If you are under the age of 17 there is no personal allowance for tobacco or alcohol but you must declare them before arriving in the UK. You are only allowed to bring one of these items on the aircraft

Banned or restricted items.

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There are some goods that you cannot bring into the UK this includes

controlled drugs
Offensive weapons, for example pepper spray and CS gas
Endangered animal and plant species
Indecent and obscene materials, such as books, magazines, films and DVDs

Some goods are restricted - like firearms, explosives and ammunition. If you would like to bring them in the UK a special license is needed.

Rules on bringing food into the country.

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When brining food into the country there are a fair few restrictions that are required for example you can bring the following into great Britain from any country without any restrictions:

Bread, but not sandwiches filled with meat or dairy products - this is because it can create spoilage foods like meat and dairy can spoil quickly, especially without the right refrigeration. This could affect the health and safety of passengers.
Cakes without fresh cream
Biscuits
packaged soup, stocks and flavourings
Processed and packaged plant products, such as packaged salads and frozen plant material.

Things you can not bring into the country from another

country is

Dairy
Fish
Meat
Fruit & Veg
Nuts & Seeds

If you want to bring any food or animal products which are protected by the convention on international trade your required to apply for a CITES permit

Which colour channel you should pass through.

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If you have any goods to declare you are required too go through the red channel when arriving at the airport. If you have nothing to declare you are directed to go through the green channel.

What to do if you have goods to declare.

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you can declare any goods from 5 days before you are due to arrive back into the UK, you can do this by:

Checking if you need to pay tax or duty on any goods you're bringing in.
Declare goods if you go over your allowances
Pay any tax or duty you owe

Some things that you are required to know before you declare your goods are

the price of your goods in the currency you used to pay for it.
The quantity of the goods
the country where your goods were made or produced if you are travelling from the EU
The date and time of your arrival
a credit or debit card

your able to use your driving license, number or phone

References and Sources.

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Bringing goods into the UK for personal use: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk )