Customs rules eased for aid sent to Ukraine

The government has introduced a customs easement to make it easier to send aid and donations to the people of Ukraine.

Businesses charities and community organisations sending aid from British ports will be able to make a customs declaration by speaking to customs officers or by the act of driving through a port if there are no customs control points. They will no longer need to complete and submit electronic customs declarations to HMRC before exporting these goods and smaller movements will not need to use the goods vehicle movement service to pass through ports where it is in operation.

The easement will also remove other customs formalities such as needing to notify HMRC when the goods have been exported.

The simplification of customs processes will apply to goods intended to support those affected by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine which are exported from Great Britain....