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Join us in October for comprehensive training courses on Customs compliance and international trade.
Our October sessions are tailored to suit your schedule, offering full-day courses and focused, shorter clinics. Whether you're looking to master the basics of import/export or delve into more advanced Customs regulations, we have a wide range of courses to suit your needs.
See below for further details of October's courses.
Clinics
Is your CDS Export Entry Compliant
Tuesday 22nd October 2024
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.
Navigating HMRC Audits: Origins & Preferences Unveiled
Wednesday 30th October 2024
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.
Courses
Tariff Classification Explained Technical Workshop
Tuesday 1st October 2024
In this workshop learner will find out why the tariff is so important, not only because it contains the commodity codes classifications but because of it's link to other trade measures. It looks at the structure of the Harmonised System (HS) and uses interactive session to help you understand how to classify your goods, the importance of section and chapter notes and how and when to use the General Interpretative Rules (GIRs).
Focus On: Dual Use Export Compliance - The Dual-Use Exporter
Thursday 3rd October 2024
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.
Focus On: VAT in International Trade
Thursday 3rd October 2024
The aim of interactive session is to demonstrate how supplies of goods and services to overseas customers may or may not be subject to UK VAT and evidence to VAT zero-rate. It illustrates how a UK business should handle VAT obligations when receiving supplies from an overseas business, managing import VAT/PVA, and when import VAT can be reclaimed. It also looks at the circumstances in which a UK business must register for VAT overseas (eg in the EU).
Advanced CDS Technical Workshop: Exports
Tuesday 8th October 2024
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.
Focus On: Preparing for an Export Control Audit
Tuesday 8th October 2024
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.
Focus On: Embargoes, Sanctions and End-Use Controls
Wednesday 9th October 2024
This half-day session highlights the importance of understanding embargoes and sanctions, focusing on UK regulations and the growing sanctions on Russia. It reviews current financial sanctions managed by OFSI and the severe consequences of non-compliance, including fines, reputation loss, and criminal charges. The course emphasises the need for exporters to comply with embargoes and sanctions. It identifies areas where companies can unintentionally become non-compliant, such as end-use, end-user, and transi
Valuing Goods for Customs Purposes - Technical Workshop
Thursday 10th October 2024
All goods need to be valued correctly for customs purposes, whether a sales, returns, temporary movements or free of charge. The clear rules laid down in the WTO Valuation Agreement and adopted into UK law, will be explained during this practical workshop session as will the difference between intercompany pricing and customs valuation. It will illustrate how to build a price for import customs purposes and the costs that must be included and those that can be removed.
Focus On: ATA Carnets - A Practical Guide to Applying for and using
Thursday 10th October 2024
Since the UK left the EU, there has been an increase in the need to control temporary movements. If you send or receive goods for demonstration, exhibition, testing or as professional equipment, you should consider this Passport for Goods. This half-day session will focus on a useful international scheme for the temporary movement of goods - the ATA Carnet Scheme. It will cover the application process and how to control ATA Carnets' use effectively.
Focus on Food: Export Procedures
Thursday 10th October 2024
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: Incoterms® 2020 Rules
Monday 14th October 2024
Trading goods worldwide can expose companies to greater risk & cost in the form of lost goods or unnecessary delays or disputes. The simple allocation of responsibilities in the supply chain can help, which is what Incoterms® Rules have been doing since 1936. Generally, Incoterms® are misunderstood and frequently misused; ensure you are using them correctly by joining us on this full-day interactive course.
Trading With The USA: An Introduction to Defence Exports
Monday 14th October 2024
This interactive training course is designed for companies in the Defence, High Technology, and Military sectors, focusing on navigating the complex US export controls. Participants will learn about the regulations under the EAR and ITAR, addressing compliance requirements for UK exporters. The course covers the necessary internal procedures to follow when exporting US-controlled goods, helping to avoid potential fines, penalties, and the risk of being denied the right to trade with the USA.
Focus On: An Essential Guide to Direct Shipping
Tuesday 15th October 2024
Also called drop shipping, cross-border deliveries or 3rd country supplies, instructing suppliers to ship directly to your customers without the goods being delivered to you first is becoming more common and requires careful planning.
The Export Course -F2F
Wednesday 16th October 2024
A useful follow on from Export Essentials, or the Export / Import Practitioner Learning Pathway or for those already experienced in export procedures. This two-day course covers the main aspects of export procedures in a practical, clear and comprehensive way that is relevant to today's exporters. As well as looking at export documents it examines what internal processes and procedures are required to keep compliant.
Focus On: IPAFFS
Wednesday 16th October 2024
IPAFFS (Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed Systems) is a web-based service for applying for Common Health Entry Documents (CHEDs) for imports into the UK. Applicable to live animals, POAO, HRFNAO and composite goods, understanding how to use this system is vital for many business sectors. Join us in reviewing how to access IPAFFS, complete an IPAFFS notification and process the import.
Advanced CDS Technical Workshop: Imports
Thursday 17th October 2024
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: Understanding Free Trade Agreements
Tuesday 22nd October 2024
With the UK developing new independent trade arrangements both to encourage the export and import of goods and services from affiliated markets, this session is a must. Some knowledge of customs regulations is recommended or attendance on courses introducing this topic. This course looks at the structure of new and old UK international trade agreements, the key rules of origin and how to understand the whole agreement coverings goods, services and other trade issues.
Beginners Guide to Exporting & Importing
Thursday 24th October 2024
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.
Import Essentials: Focus on Importing
Monday 28th October 2024
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.
Focus On: NCTS What you need to know
Tuesday 29th October 2024
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.
Focus On: Temporary Imports & Exports
Wednesday 30th October 2024
Whether your sales teams, engineers and technicians hand-carry goods when going overseas or you send them unaccompanied for demonstrations, exhibition, hire or loan, for testing or to have work done on them each temporary movement will require customs declarations at export and import. This course explains the customs and commercial processes involved to control temporary movements and avoid unnecessary customs costs.
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