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Importing basics
Thinking about importing? Find out if your business is ready and what steps you need to take
Classifying your goods
Learn how to classify your goods for import and export
Taking lorries abroad
Taking your lorry or bus abroad. The essentials of international road haulage. International authorisations and permits for road haulage. Vehicle documents required for international road haulage . Driver documents required for international road haulage.
Transporting dangerous goods
Moving dangerous goods. Driving dangerous goods and special loads abroad.
Freight forwarding
Using brokers and forwarders. Freight forwarding - moving goods.
Safer ways of working
Reducing the health and safety risks of specific work activities
Health and safety
Guidance on health and safety basics, writing a health and safety policy, providing health and safety training, setting up a health and safety management system, managing the welfare of people and safer ways of working
Exporting and importing
Free business guidance on exporting and importing, accessing new markets and getting the right export support in Northern Ireland
Export Controls and licences
Find out what controls and licences you need to be aware of when exporting and importing
Manufactured goods
Regulations for trading in manufactured goods
Tendering for contracts
Understand how tendering works, how to prepare your business to tender for contracts and present prices through estimates and quotations to your potential customers
Managing the welfare of people
Protecting your employees from risks and looking after their health and safety needs
Service industries
Overview of regulations for trading in services
Importing controlled goods
Importing solid ammonium nitrate in consignments of 500 kilograms or more. Importing animal furs, skins and fish. Offensive weapons and stopping imports of illegal weapons. Importing and exporting waste. ...
Health and safety made simple
How to meet all of your business' basic health and safety requirements
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Staying safe at work
Your health and safety responsibilities to staff when dealing with COVID-19
Rules of origin
Guidance on how to check your goods meet the rules of origin
Protecting your business
How to reduce reduce health and safety risks in your business and avoid penalties related to non-compliance
Chemicals and waste
Regulations for trading in the chemicals sector
Trading with GB and countries outside the EU
What you need to know when trading with countries outside the EU