Please note that Free Zones will not be available within the UK with effect from July 2012.

If you wish to obtain benefits similar to those under the Free Zone arrangements you are advised to consider customs warehousing arrangements.

Two types of goods can be placed in a Free Zone:

goods from outside the European Community (EC), known as non-Community goods

Community goods (goods acquired from within the EC), including those from the UK

The same restrictions apply to goods brought into a Free Zone as to goods imported into the UK. If you want to enter goods such as firearms, ammunition, explosives, controlled drugs or goods requiring a public health certificate, you will need to hold the relevant licence and present it to the manager of the Free Zone when the goods are entered.

A Customs declaration is required for all non-Community goods entering a Free Zone.

( linda )09 Dec,2011

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