Please note that the following goods cannot be transported to the UK on DB Schenker's standard system groupage freight solutions. For controlled goods being transported on FTL and LTL please contact your local branch.

• Excise goods – hydrocarbons, fuels, alcohol and tobacco
• Controlled drugs and precursors, toxic chemicals
• Endangered species (CITES licensable goods)
• Fishery products
• Fertilisers
• High risk plant and plant products
• Explosives, firearms, fireworks, military licensable goods, mines, offensive weapons and torture equipment
• Nuclear materials
• Ozone depleting substances
• Animal & Plant based Products

To trade between the EU and the UK you will need an Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Find more information here.

As an exporter you need to ensure you comply with any special permits, licenses or checks that might be required for your goods. As an importer you need to confirm the commodity code so that the appropriate tariffs are paid. It is your responsibility as the exporter and/or importer of record to provide the commodity code to your customs agent.

You can find the codes in the EU TARIC or UK TARIFF.

Direct Representation and Licencing letters

If you are a business that is established in the UK, hold a UK EORI number and are using Schenker Ltd to make your UK customs import or export declarations, to ensure that we can continue to move your goods in a smooth and efficient manner from 1^st January 2021 we will require you to provide us with a completed UK Direct Representation letter (also known as a Power of Attorney) and licencing letter.

Click here or email gb.sm.ess.Customs@dbschenker.com to return the completed letter to us.

HMRC Brexit communication 2022

Available documents (click here):

• The requirements for pre-notification of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) goods, which were due to be introduced on 1 October 2021, have now been introduced on 1 January 2022.
• The new requirements for Export Health Certificates, which were due to be introduced on 1 October 2021, will now be introduced on 1 July 2022.
• Phytosanitary Certificates and physical checks on SPS goods at Border Control Posts, due to be introduced on 1 January 2022, will now be introduced on 1 July 2022.
• Safety and Security declarations on imports will be required as of 1 July 2022.