UK customs duty and VAT on imports from Dubai
What HMRC charges when your cargo lands, how the amounts are worked out, and when relief applies.
Knowledge Centre
Dubai to UK shipping knowledge centre
Practical guides to customs, documents, packing and freight pricing on the UAE to UK corridor — written by the team that files the entries.
Documents required to ship from Dubai to the UK
The full document set for commercial and personal shipments, and what each one is actually for.
LCL vs FCL: which should you choose?
Where the cost crossover sits, and why volume is not the only thing that decides it.
Air freight chargeable weight explained
Why a light box can be billed as if it were heavy, and how the calculation actually works.
Prohibited and restricted items: Dubai to the UK
What is banned outright, what needs a licence, and what quietly gets shipments held at both ends.
Export packing and crating standards
What survives four weeks at sea, and what arrives damaged because it was packed for a van.
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