Prepare Your Business For Customs

The Irish Exporters Association (IEA) will be running this programme on behalf of the Local Enterprise Office

The programme we have designed will be of significant benefit to participating companies of any size.

The training programme will cover 5 modules:

1.     Understanding Customs – background to the role of customs and details of customs-business partnership

2.    Customs Concepts: Compliance and Risk – Rules of Origin, Tariffs, Valuation

3.    Customs Clearance Processes in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK

4.    Understanding Special Customs Procedures

5.    Customs Authorisations – what is needed in your business and what is best to outsource

Specific areas covered include:

• Free Trade Agreements
• The Union Customs Code
• Rules of Origin, Valuation, Classification
• Customs Declarations
• Transit Declarations
• Becoming an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)
• Tariffs, Duty and VAT, Duty
• Deferred Payments and Returned Goods Relief