Guides
Step-by-step explanations of the rules that decide what an import costs and which documents it needs, written from the legal texts and the customs authorities’ own guidance, with the sources to check.
Each guide gives the date its facts were last checked. Rates and thresholds change: confirm them in the tariff pages of this site or with the authority before you declare.
- How to Find the Right HS Code: A Step-by-Step MethodA repeatable method for classifying goods in the Harmonized System and its EU, UK, US and Turkish extensions, with the legal tools that decide hard cases.7 min read · Checked on 22 October 2026
- EU Import Duty and VAT in 2026: How to Calculate ThemHow the EU calculates customs duty and import VAT on goods from outside the Union, including the low-value consignment changes that started on 1 July 2026.8 min read · Checked on 22 October 2026
- Proof of Origin: EUR.1, EUR-MED, A.TR, REX and MoreThe proofs that unlock preferential duty in EU, UK and Turkish trade, what each one covers, and how to recover duty when the proof arrives late.6 min read · Checked on 22 October 2026
- Anti-Dumping, Countervailing and Safeguard Duties ExplainedWhat trade remedy duties are, who sets them in the EU, UK, US and Türkiye, and how importers claim the right rate and avoid circumvention traps.6 min read · Checked on 22 October 2026
- Importing into Türkiye: GTİP, İGV, KDV and InspectionsHow a commercial import into Türkiye is classified, taxed, checked and declared in 2026, with a worked example.6 min read · Checked on 22 October 2026
- US Import Duties in 2026: HTSUS, 301, 232 and De MinimisWhat a US importer pays on 22 October 2026, after the Supreme Court struck down IEEPA tariffs and the administration moved to other statutes.6 min read · Checked on 22 October 2026
- UK Import Duty and VAT: Global Tariff, Preferences, PVAA practical guide to importing into Great Britain: tariff, preferences, VAT, low-value goods and trade remedies, with the 2026 changes.5 min read · Checked on 22 October 2026
- EORI and Customs Registration: EU, UK, Türkiye, USThe identification numbers and registrations an importer or exporter needs before the first declaration in the EU, the UK, Türkiye and the US.6 min read · Checked on 22 October 2026