UK CBAM starts
Specified aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, iron and steel imports enter the UK CBAM regime from 1 January 2027. Registration tests use a £50,000 value threshold.
What importers need to prepare →LIVE UK TARIFF + COMMERCIAL TRADE WORKBENCH
DESCRIBE THE GOODS.
CHECK THE LIVE TARIFF.
KNOW THE REAL COST.
Find likely commodity codes, interrogate live HMRC tariff measures and carry the checked result straight into landed cost, customs paperwork and margin.
UK-focused tools for importers, exporters, ecommerce sellers and shipping teams — across road, sea, air, rail, courier and multimodal movements.
LIVE WORKFLOWProduct description → commodity candidates → origin-sensitive measures → landed cost
HMRC data is called server-to-server. Conditional and preferential rates are never silently assumed.
LIVE HMRC TARIFF DATACLASSIFICATION WORKFLOWALL 11 INCOTERMS® 2020 RULESROAD / SEA / AIR / RAIL / MULTIMODAL
FROM QUOTE TO CLEARANCE
- BUY
- VALUE
- DUTY / VAT
- SHIP
- SELL
- MARGIN
START WITH THE JOB
What are you trying to do?
Skip the jargon. Pick the situation and go straight to the tools and guidance that fit it.
LIVE / TARIFF
I need the right commodity code and live rate
Start from a product description or known code, check origin-sensitive HMRC measures, then carry the selected rate into costing and customs prep.
Open Tariff Intelligence → 01 / IMPORTI’m bringing goods into Great Britain
Cost the import, build the customs value, check the invoice and prepare the broker instruction.
Start importing → 02 / SELLI’m selling across borders
Check the landed cost, margin, customer delivery promise and duty/tax responsibility before you price.
Start selling → 03 / SHIPI’m arranging freight
Match the Incoterm to the real hand-off, allocate charges and keep mode-specific details joined up.
Start shipping → 04 / CHECKI need to know what’s missing
Run a fast readiness check across route, documents, customs data, VAT instructions and transport references.
Run the check →PRACTICAL TOOLS / BROWSER-BASED
Do the job, not just the maths.
A connected trade workbench: live tariff intelligence, costing, customs preparation, document intelligence and multi-line shipment control.
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Tariff Intelligence
Describe goods or enter a code. Check live HMRC measures, origin, quotas and conditions, then pass the result into the workbench.
UK landed cost & import duty
Build a multi-line shipment with line-specific duty/VAT, shared freight allocation, cash due and landed cost per unit.
Cross-border profit calculator
Take landed cost through marketplace fees, fulfilment, VAT and returns to real margin.
Customs value builder
Work through transaction value additions, deductions and unresolved valuation points.
Incoterms® responsibility checker
Compare all 11 Incoterms® 2020 rules against the real transport route and named place.
Customs / broker instruction builder
Turn parties, shipment data, VAT instructions and goods lines into one printable handover.
Commercial invoice pre-flight
Check the fields, goods lines, weights and arithmetic before the document reaches the carrier or broker.
Freight / insurance apportionment
Split shipment charges across goods lines by value, weight, quantity or a manual basis.
Shipment readiness check
Run a route, customs and document sense-check before the goods move.
ONE CONNECTED WORKFLOW
Keep the numbers tied to the shipment.
A cheap supplier price is useless if the landed cost, customs data or delivery responsibility is wrong.
01DESCRIBE
What the goods are, do and are made from.
02CHECK TARIFF
Commodity, origin, date, measures and conditions.
03VALUE & COST
Customs value, duty, VAT, cash and unit cost.
04FREIGHT
Road, sea, air, rail, courier or multimodal.
05DOCUMENT & HAND-OFF
Invoice, broker instruction and shipment readiness.
06MARGIN
True cost, fees, returns and selling price.
CURRENT UK TRADE WATCH / REVIEWED 03 OCT 2026
Rules move. Your working should show when it was checked.
Customs Intermediaries Standard
HMRC launched PAS 41201:2026 in June 2026, setting out good-practice expectations for customs intermediaries including due diligence, written instructions and transparency.
What it means for traders →Live Tariff Intelligence
ShipTally can now query HMRC’s managed Trade Tariff API, shortlist commodity classifications and inspect live measures for the code, origin and date you are working with.
Run a live tariff check →SHIPTALLY PRO
Upload the paperwork. Build the shipment.
Paid features remove repetitive data entry rather than hiding the public tariff behind a paywall.
PRO / DOCUMENT
Invoice Intelligence
Extract commercial lines from PDF/JPG/PNG, then challenge supplied or missing commodity codes against HMRC data.
Open Invoice Intelligence →PRO / MULTI-LINEShipment Workspace
Build, validate, save and export one multi-line shipment instead of running separate calculators.
Build a shipment →PLANSFree, Pro and Business
Keep single-product discovery open; charge for document automation, saved jobs and higher-volume workflow.
See pricing →PRACTICAL GUIDANCE
Understand the decision behind the field.
FIELD GUIDE / COST
Landed cost vs product cost vs profit margin
Know which number belongs in customs, cash-flow and selling decisions.
FIELD GUIDE / TERMS
Incoterms® 2020 for UK businesses
Use the right rule for the mode, delivery point and customs responsibility.
FIELD GUIDE / BROKER
The 2026 Customs Intermediaries Standard
What the new HMRC-backed standard means for trader instructions, due diligence and service quality.
FIELD GUIDE / 2027
UK CBAM: prepare for 1 January 2027
Check whether aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, iron or steel imports bring new record and registration duties.
TRUST THE WORKING
No mystery number.
Visible formulas. User-controlled rates. Primary sources. Review dates. Free tools stay open; Pro adds saved shipments and document intelligence.
Browser-first
Calculator inputs stay in the current page. Copy or print what you need.
Source-led
Guidance links back to HMRC, GOV.UK, ICC and other primary sources.
Mode-aware
Road, sea, air, rail, courier and multimodal routes are treated differently where it matters.
Built to hand over
Outputs are designed to be checked, printed and used in the next operational step.