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Customs Clearance and Delivery Service
GFS Express Cargo offers customs clearance and fast deliveries nationwide, urgent, same day, next day for air freight cleared at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports.
We know you need people who can minimize the complications you face from Customs and deliveries. You do not need to have account with GFS Express Cargo, you can pay charges, import duty, VAT or transportation with your Credit and Debit Card, a bank transfer or pay in any branch of our nominated bank.
Customs Clearance
We have direct links to the UK Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system, as well as to the Port and airports in London, Felixstowe or Southampton, Heathrow or Gatwick Airports.
If you are importing commercial goods and to avoid UK port or airport storage / rent charges, which can be expensive, please make sure for correct documentation from your supplier or shipper well in advance.
Our experienced staff are thoroughly informed on all aspects of customs clearance including Customs Freight Simplified Procedures (CFSP) and the New Export System (NES).
The Customs clearance service means you can use us as a Customs clearance agent for your containers, personal baggage, cars or any commercial goods that you imported.
Bonded Warehouse
Our service is complemented by our shared Bonded Warehouse, enabling deferred payment of duties and taxes. Our specialist port – airport clearance means we can eliminate costly delays in Customs clearance, thereby enabling your cargo to reach its destination quickly.
Delivery Service
You can use our distribution service to transport your sea containers after clearance or air freight to your warehouse, home delivery or office, fast same day or next day. Please call us for quick quotes or immediate clearance on Tel 020 7584 6565 or email sales@gfscargo.co.uk
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Worldwide Air Freight Shipping
Fast airport-to-airport delivery worldwide. Europe 2-4 days, USA 3-5 days, Asia & Africa 4-7 days.
GFS Express Worldwide Shipping
Comprehensive export solutions including full container loads, door-to-port service, and customs assistance.
UK Domestic Freight Services
Fast and reliable domestic delivery across the UK. Same-day, next-day or 2 day standard service available.
Express International Delivery Services
International express delivery for parcels, documents, and packages with 24/7 online tracking.
UK Customs Tariff
Section I - Live animals; animal products
01. Live animals
02. Meat and edible meat offal
03. Fish and Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
04. Dairy produce; Birds’ eggs; Natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
05. Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Section II - Vegetable Products
06. Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
07. Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
08. Edible fruit and nuts; Peel of citrus fruit or melons
09. Coffee, Tea, Mate and Spices
10. Cereals
11. Products of the milling industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin; Wheat Gluten
12. Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruits; Miscellaneous Grains, Seeds and Fruit;
Industrial or Medicinal Plants; Straw and Fodder
13. Lac; Gums, Resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
14. Vegetable Plaiting Materials; Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
Section III - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
15. Animal of Vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; Prepared edible fats; Animal or Vegetable waxes
Section IV - Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
16. Preparations of Meat, of Fish or of Crustaceans, Molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
17. Sugars and Sugar Confectionery
18. Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations
19. Preparations of Cereals, Flour, Starch or Milk; Pastrycooks’ products
20. Preparations of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts or other parts of plants
21. Miscellaneous edible preparations
22. Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar
23. Residues and Waste from the food industries; Prepared animal fodder
24. Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
Section V - Mineral Products
25. Salt; Sulphur; Earths and Stone Plastering materials, Lime and Cement
26. Ores, Slag and Ash
27. Mineral fuels, Mineral oils and products of their distillation; Bituminous substances; Mineral waxes
Section VI - Products of the chemical or allied industries
28. Inorganic Chemicals; Organic or Inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
29. Organic Chemicals
30. Pharmaceutical products
31. Fertilizers
32. Tanning or dyeing extracts; Tannis and their derivatives; Dyes, Pigments and other colouring matter; Paints and Varnishes, Putty and other Mastics; Inks
33. Essential oils and resinoids; Perfumery, Cosmetic or Toilet preparations
34. Soap, Organic surface-active agents, Washing preparations, Lubricating preparations, Artificial Waxes, Prepared Waxes, Polishing or Scouring preparations, Candles and similar articles, Modeling Pastes, ‘Dental Waxes’ and Dental preparations with a basis of plaster
35. Albuminoidal substances; Modified Starches; Glues; Enzymes
36. Explosives, Pyrotechnic products; Matches; Pyrophoric alloys; Certain combustable preparations
37. Photographic or Cinematographic goods
38. Miscellaneous Chemical products
Section VII - Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof
39. Plastics and articles thereof
40. Rubber and articles thereof
Section VIII - Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)
41. Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
42. Articles of leather; Saddlery and Harness; Travel goods, Handbags and similar containers; Articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)
43. Furskins and artificial fur; Manufactures thereof
Section IX - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
Section IX – Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
44. Wood and articles of wood; Wood charcoal
45. Cork and articles of cork
46. Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; Basketware and Wickerware
Section X - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof
Section X – Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof
47. Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
48. Paper and paperboard; Articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
49. Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts and plans
Section XI - Textiles and textile articles
50. Silk
51. Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; Horsehair yarn and woven fabric
52. Cotton
53. Other vegetable textile fibres; Paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
54. Man-made filaments; Strip and the like of man-made textile materials
55. Man-made staple fibres
56. Wadding, felt and nonwovens; Special yarns; Twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
57. Carpets and other textile floor coverings
58. Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; Lace; Tapestries; Trimmings; Embroidery
59. Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; Textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use
60. Knitted or crocheted fabrics
61. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
62. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
63. Other made-up textile articles; sets; Worn clothing and Worn textile articles; Rags
Section XII - Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
64. Footwear, gaiters and the like; Parts of such articles
65. Headgear and parts thereof
66. Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof
67. Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; Artificial flowers; Articles of human hair
Section XIII - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware
68. Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
69. Ceramic products
70. Glass and glassware ukimports.org
Section XIV - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins
71. Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; Imitation jewellery; Coins
Section XV - Base metals and articles of base metal
72. Iron and Steel
73. Articles of Iron or Steel
74. Copper and articles thereof
75. Nickel and articles thereof
76. Aluminium and articles thereof
77. Does not exist
78. Lead and articles thereof
79. Zinc and articles thereof
80. Tin and articles thereof
81. Other base metals; Cermets; and articles thereof
82. Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; Parts thereof of base metal
83. Miscellaneous articles of base metal
Section XVI - Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
Section XVI – Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
84. Nuclear Reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; Parts thereof
85. Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
Section XVII - Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment
Section XVII – Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment
86. Railway or tramway locomotives, Rolling Stock and parts thereof; Railway or Tramway Track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; Mechanical (including electromechanical) Traffic Signalling Equipment of all kinds
87. Vehicles other than railway or Tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
88. Aircraft, Spacecraft, and parts thereof
89. Ships, Boats and floating structures
Section XVIII - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof
90. Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Parts and accessories thereof
91. Clocks and Watches and Parts thereof
92. Musical Instruments; Parts and accessories of such articles
Section XIX - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
Section XIX – Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
93. Arms and Ammunition; Parts and accessories thereof
Section XX - Miscellaneous manufactured articles
94. Furniture; Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; Lamps and Lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; Illuminated signs, Illuminated nameplates and the like; Prefabricated Buildings
95. Toys, Games and Sports Requisites; Parts and accessories thereof
96. Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Section XXI - Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
Section XXI – Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques
97. Works of art, Collectors’ Pieces and Antiques
98. Does not exist
99. Does not exist
The Tariff Chapters listed above are for your information only to help you to find the right commodity code and to know how import works.
For further information, urgent clearance / delivery, duty / tax and to get help for completions of forms, please contact us on Tel 020 7584 6565 or Email sales@gfscargo.co.uk