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Join us in January for comprehensive training courses on Customs compliance and international trade.
UK Customs & Trade Briefings
At Strong & Herd, we provide our members with bi-weekly Customs & Trade Briefings to ensure they remain informed and compliant. But this December, we’re spreading the holiday cheer by inviting non-members to experience one of our most popular member benefits—for free!
📅 Join us on 16th December at 4 PM for our final UK Customs & Trade Briefing of 2024.
This is a unique opportunity to:
🎁 Gain insights into the latest Customs and trade updates.
🎁 See first-hand how our OneCall™ Membership keeps businesses ahead of compliance challenges.
🎁 Ask questions and interact with industry experts.
We look forward to seeing you there! Click the link below to join the session on the 16th.
Training Courses
Navigating HMRC Audits: Origins & Preferences Unveiled
Thursday 9th January 2025
Prepare yourself and your company for a customs audit with our upcoming online clinic, focusing on due diligence and crucial processes related to origin and preference. Whether you're an exporter declaring preference to suppliers, an importer leveraging preference to reduce import duty payments, or verifying goods' origin status, understanding the necessary evidence for HMRC audits is paramount.
Is your CDS Export Entry Compliant
Monday 23rd January 2025
Our upcoming online clinic is not just a presentation but a valuable interactive session dedicated to ensuring your CDS Export Entry is compliant! Join us for a one-hour presentation, followed by a 30-minute Q&A session where your specific questions will be answered. This comprehensive guidance will help you navigate the complexities of export requirements for CDS, making you feel confident and well-prepared.
Is your CDS Import Declaration Compliant?
Monday 20th January 2025
Our upcoming online clinic is not just a presentation but a valuable interactive session dedicated to ensuring your CDS Import Entry is compliant! Join us for a one-hour presentation, followed by a 30-minute Q&A session where your specific questions will be answered.
Trading with Northern Ireland: The Essentials
Tuesday 28th January 2025
Stay informed and prepared by attending this Clinic, which will provide valuable insights and practical guidance on successfully navigating the evolving landscape of trading goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Proof of Preferential Origin: The Role of Long-Term Supplier Declarations & Origin Statements
Thursday 30th January 2025
Our upcoming online clinic will clarify a frequently misunderstood compliance aspect when navigating preferential trade agreements. Whether you're an exporter declaring preference to suppliers or an importer leveraging preference to mitigate import duty payments, understanding LTSDs (Long-Term Supplier Declarations) and various origin statements is essential.
Training Courses
Focus On: Temporary Imports & Exports
Wednesday 8th January 2025
This course is designed for those handling temporary movements of goods, whether for demonstrations, exhibitions, testing, or repairs. Participants will learn the customs and commercial processes required to manage these movements, ensure compliance, and minimise unnecessary costs. Whether goods are hand-carried or sent as unaccompanied freight, the course covers the necessary export and import declarations to manage temporary shipments and avoid customs delays effectively.
Payment Methods: Handling Letters of Credit
Thursday 9th January 2025
This essential training course is designed for all exporters and importers who work with Letters of Credit (LC). Through practical exercises, participants will learn to handle this payment method effectively while reviewing alternative payment terms. The course focuses on managing bank requirements and preparing accurate documentation on time, helping businesses avoid costly delays and errors.
Focus On: Dual Use Export Compliance - The Dual-Use Exporter
Monday 13th January 2025
This full-day session focuses on dual-use regulations, a topic relevant to many industry sectors. With licences required for dual-use items moving between the UK and EU, the need to understand this topic has grown significantly. The controls are based on an item’s inherent capability, type of materials, or technical ability, affecting many industry sectors.
Beginners Guide to Customs Procedures
Tuesday 14th January 2025
This course focuses on the practical aspects of UK Customs procedures. It covers the crucial areas of Customs compliance and provides a comprehensive overview of the Customs Special Procedures that exporters and importers can utilise to save import duties and taxes. In the post-Brexit era, organisations are under increased pressure to demonstrate their understanding of Customs procedures to HMRC, and this course equips you with the knowledge and skills to do just that.
Focus On: NCTS What you need to know
Tuesday 14th January 2025
Since the UK left the customs union of the EU, there has been an increased need for companies to use transit to move goods into or through the EU Member States. This workshop takes you from a basic review of what transit / NCTS are to the application process to become an authorised consignee/ consignor. It also illustrates how to apply for and use a transit guarantee. With tips on making transit declarations, the role of the Transit Accompanying Document (TAD) and discharging a transit movement.
Inward Processing Relief - IP Workshop
Wednesday 15th January 2025
This course provides a comprehensive overview of Inward Processing (IP) and Outward Processing (OP), essential customs procedures that allow businesses to bring goods into the UK for processing, repair, or service without incurring unnecessary duties or VAT, especially when the ownership of goods being returned for repair, service or calibration are not yours. By using these special procedures correctly, businesses can significantly reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Focus on Food: Export Procedures
Wednesday 15th January 2025
This newly launched course is designed to meet the rising demand for specialised training in the export processes specific to food and drink products. It offers comprehensive guidance on navigating the complex regulatory landscape, including an in-depth look at the key regulatory bodies involved in the export process, their functions, and the specific requirements they impose on exporters in the food and drink sector.
Tariff Classification Explained - Technical Workshop
Thursday 16th January 2025
In this workshop, participants will learn why the tariff is essential for accurate commodity code classification and its connections to other vital trade measures. The course explores the structure of the Harmonised System (HS) and includes interactive sessions to help you master the classification of your goods. You’ll gain an understanding of section and chapter notes, as well as when and how to apply the General Interpretative Rules (GIRs), ensuring confidence and accuracy in tariff classification.
Beginners Guide to Exporting & Importing
Thursday 16th January 2025
This engaging and informative one-day course will introduce you to the world of exporting and importing and focus on the terms and practices used through interactive exercises and activities. This will give you an insight into how goods are bought and sold worldwide.
Preparing for a Customs Audit
Monday 20th January 2025
This course is designed to help traders prepare for HMRC audits, ensuring their understanding and compliance with customs regulations. It will cover essential procedural requirements and key areas of focus in audits, such as valuation, origin preference, VAT, evidence of export, the use of special procedures (IP/OP), and Returned Goods Relief (RGR). Delegates will leave with a practical checklist to support thorough preparation for HMRC’s customs audits.
Focus On: Controlling Technology & Intangible Transfers
Monday 20th January 2025
This session covers the export licensing regulations for intangible transmissions of controlled items, including technology, software, and goods. It reviews the types of licences available and their usage and maintains a technology log for audits. Additionally, it addresses the use of technology by employees working overseas.
The Export Course -F2F
Tuesday 21st January 2025
This two-day course is an ideal progression for those who have completed Export Essentials, the Export/Import Practitioner Learning Pathway, or individuals with experience in export operations. It provides a clear, practical, and thorough exploration of the core aspects of export procedures tailored to today’s trade environment.
Valuing Goods for Customs Purposes - Technical Workshop
Tuesday 21st January 2025
This hands-on course covers essential customs valuation principles, focusing on the WTO Valuation Agreement and its application under UK law. Participants will learn the differences between intercompany pricing and customs valuation and how to calculate import values, including required cost additions and exclusions. Through practical exercises, attendees gain insights to ensure compliance and accuracy in valuing goods for customs, whether for sales, returns, temporary movements, or free-of-charge items.
Advanced CDS Technical Workshop: Imports
Tuesday 21st January 2025
This advanced workshop will not only teach you how to create an import declaration on the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), but also provide you with the confidence to do so effectively. Each data element group will be thoroughly explained, with illustrative examples provided. Our technical advisors, with their extensive experience in multiple software solutions for CDS entries, will equip you with the practical knowledge to complete Customs import declarations.
Focus on Food: Import Procedures
Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Importing food, drink, plant health products, POAO, and composite goods into the UK requires an awareness of the phytosanitary and pre-registration requirements. This full-day session will focus on what a trader needs to know to bring goods through customs and port health and meet other government department regulations, e.g., DEFRA. It will also demonstrate the pre-notification process on IPAFFS.
Customs Warehousing Explained - Technical Workshop
Thursday 23rd January 2025
With the changes brought about by the UK's exit from the EU, more companies are turning to customs warehouses as a crucial tool for maintaining an efficient supply chain. This workshop provides a comprehensive guide to setting up a customs-bonded warehouse facility in the UK. You will learn how to improve cash flow, navigate new customs regimes and trade agreements, and save money using Simplified Procedures, all while ensuring compliance with post-Brexit customs requirements.
Focus On: Incoterms® 2020 Rules
Thursday 23rd January 2025
Engaging in global trade can expose companies to increased risks and costs, such as lost goods, unnecessary delays, and disputes. Clearly defining responsibilities within the supply chain can mitigate these issues, which is the purpose of the Incoterms® Rules that have been in place since 1936. However, Incoterms® are often misunderstood and misapplied. Ensure you are utilising them correctly by participating in our full-day interactive course.
Focus On: Preparing for an Export Control Audit
Thursday 23rd January 2025
This course provides a comprehensive overview of export control compliance for businesses requiring export licenses. It prepares UK exporters for regular audits by the ECJU, ensuring they can demonstrate compliance with their licenses. The course covers the requirements and considerations for audit preparation and ongoing self-audits.
Understanding Origin & Preference
Monday 27th January 2025
This interactive workshop clarifies the difference between origin and preferential origin, emphasising their role in trade compliance. Through case studies and exercises, participants will learn about essential documentation, declarations, and compliance verification for preferential rules in trade agreements. With the increase in HMRC audits, this session equips businesses with the skills to confidently manage origin determination and ensure compliance in both import and export activities.
Advanced CDS Technical Workshop: Exports
Tuesday 28th January 2025
This advanced workshop will not only teach you how to create an export declaration on the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), but also provide you with the confidence to do so effectively. Each data element group will be thoroughly explained, with illustrative examples provided. Our technical advisors, with their extensive experience in multiple software solutions for CDS entries, will equip you with the practical knowledge to complete Customs export declarations.
Advanced Food Tariff Classification
Wednesday 29th January 2025
The Advanced Food Tariff Classification course is a significant step in enhancing your professional skills and understanding the complexities involved in classifying food products. It aims to build on the foundation of knowledge gained from either the Tariff Classification Explained course or the Focus on Food Tariff Classification course to give the learner a deeper understanding of the topic.
Import Essentials: Focus on Importing
Thursdsay 30th January 2025
This core S&H training course is an excellent way to learn about importing. It is designed to provide participants with a practical understanding of essential topics, such as Customs procedures and the UK Trade Tariff, as well as implications for choosing the correct shipping term, paying duties and managing the logistics. The aim is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to streamline import operations and work effectively with internal departments and freight forwarders.
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