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Foreign Office travel advice updates
Latest travel information for British nationals affected by the situation in the Middle East.
Check if you need a UK visa
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Apply to use simplified declarations for imports you entered in your records without authorisation
Choose how you’ll make supplementary declarations for goods that you entered into your own records without authorisation.
Export drugs and medicines: special rules
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
Drugs that can be used for lethal injections
If the product you are exporting contains a substance which could be used for lethal injections, your VMD export certificate scheme application must be supported by submitting an export licence issued by the Export Control Joint Unit (Department for Business and Trade (DBT)). This can be uploaded in the online application.