Set up your business to move goods out of the UK using transit

Last updated 20 January 2023

Before you start moving goods, you must make sure your business is set up to make transit movements.

You should check if you can use transit to move goods to the EU and Common Transit Convention countries.

There are different steps to take if you are importing goods into the UK under transit.

How to get set up

1. Get an Economic Operators Registration and Identification (EORI).

2. Work out the amount of transit guarantee you need.

3. Get access to the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS).

4. Get access to Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) or the Customs Declaration Service.

If you want to use your premises to start and end movements

Find out how to get authorised consignor or consignee status.

What you need to do next

Find out how to:

• prepare to move goods out of Great Britain using transit

• prepare to move goods out of Northern Ireland using transit