Receive goods into and remove goods from an excise warehouse (Excise Notice 197)

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This notice explains what an approved business needs to do to hold and move excise goods in duty suspension within the UK.

  • already authorised as an excise warehousekeeper with approved warehouse premises
  • approved as a registered consignor or are responsible for transporting excise goods
  • approved as a registered consignee in Northern Ireland who is responsible for receiving duty-suspended movements before releasing them for consumption
  • receive and place duty-suspended excise goods into an excise warehouse — read section 6 ‘Receiving excise goods for warehousing’
  • move excise goods in duty suspension from the place where they are released for free circulation to an excise warehouse or other allowable destination — read section 8 ‘Importing excise goods from countries outside the United Kingdom’
  • remove duty-suspended excise goods from an excise warehouse to home use on payment of duty — read section 11 ‘Removal to home use by duty payment (release for consumption)
  • remove excise goods in duty suspension from an excise warehouse to other approved persons or premises in the UK — read section 12 ‘Dispatching goods in duty suspension’
  • remove excise goods in duty suspension from an excise warehouse for export from the UK — read section 13 ‘Exporting excise duty suspended goods from Great Britain and Northern Ireland’
  • remove excise goods from an excise warehouse for a specific duty relieved purpose — read section 14 ‘Entitled miscellaneous removals’
  • remove excise goods from an excise warehouse for a specific duty relieved purpose — read section 15 ‘18 month auto-closures’
  • need to understand the requirements that apply to the holding and movement of excise goods and payment of duties that apply in Northern Ireland
  • This notice contains the general conditions, directions and requirements relating to the movement of excise goods to and from UK excise warehouses.

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