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Apply for approved exporter status (C1454)

Use the online service or postal form C1454 if you're an exporter and want to use Simplified Procedures to export preference qualifying goods to preference-giving countries.

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Check the list of eligible countries before you submit your application. You cannot apply for approved exporter status for any countries not shown on this list.

To complete the form you바카라 사이트ll need:

  • your Economic Operator Registration and Identification reference number 바카라 사이트 for example GB123456789000
  • the commodity code for each of the goods you intend to export under preference
  • estimates of quantities and values of consignments to be exported each year

You바카라 사이트ll also need to send additional evidence to support your application.

You can either:

  • use the online service
  • fill in the form on-screen, print and post it to HMRC

To apply online you need a 바카라 사이트 Gateway user ID and password. If you do not have a user ID you can create one when you apply.

Email HMRC to ask for this form in Welsh (Cymraeg).

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If you바카라 사이트re using the online service

You can submit any supporting evidence by either attaching it online, or sending it by post. If you submit this online, the documents should be no more than 5MB in PDF or JPEG format.

If you want to send your supporting evidence by post, include the unique reference number you바카라 사이트ll get once you바카라 사이트ve submitted the C1454 online.

You can track your progress online using your unique reference number.

HMRC will acknowledge receipt of your application. If we need any more information we바카라 사이트ll contact you.

If you바카라 사이트re sending the print and post form

Send your supporting evidence with your form to:

BT-NCH
HM Revenue and Customs
BX9 1GZ

You will not be able to track the progress of a postal form.

We바카라 사이트ll acknowledge receipt of your application (by email if provided). If we need any more information we바카라 사이트ll contact you.

If your business has an HMRC Client Relationship Manager you should send your application to them.

Before you start using the postal form

If you바카라 사이트re using an older browser, for example Internet Explorer 8, you바카라 사이트ll need to update it or use a different browser. Find out more about browsers.

You바카라 사이트ll need to fill in the form fully before you can print it. You cannot save a partly completed form so we suggest you gather all your information together before you begin to fill it in.

After you바카라 사이트ve applied

If we approve your application, we바카라 사이트ll send you a letter that sets out the authorisation conditions.

Conditions include:

  • goods exported must meet the relevant rules of origin
  • keeping of detailed records

You should keep this letter in your records. You should also write to us if there has been a change to your business which may impact on your authorisation, such as, changing your trading name, your trading address or if the owner of the business changes.

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Updates to this page

Published 5 September 2014
Last updated 12 December 2024 show all updates
  1. A list of countries eligible for approved exporter status has been added.

  2. We have added guidance about what happens after you바카라 사이트ve applied.

  3. The guide for 'completing form C1454 for Turkey only' has been removed.

  4. The address for where to send supporting evidence to has been updated.

  5. This page has been updated because the Brexit transition period has ended.

  6. The address for where to send supporting evidence to has been updated.

  7. Amendment made to clarify that documents submitted online as supporting evidence should be no more than 5MB in size and be in PDF or JPEG format.

  8. An online forms service is now available.

  9. First published.

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