Sample Submission Information

International Clients

Customs Duties and Taxes

When sending samples to SMTL for testing, our clients will be responsible to cover delivery, and any Customs Duty and VAT costs incurred during import into the UK.

All clients must complete the ‘destination duties/taxes’ section of the waybill (see Sample Waybill/Commercial Invoice) which must show that the sender (shipper) is responsible for destination duties or taxes.

In general, SMTL will not pay customs duties or taxes for samples sent to its premises. Any costs that are incurred by SMTL will be charged back to the client and subject to additional administration fee.

Customs Procedure Code

Paperwork needs to declare that samples are:

• Zero value in the exporter's currency;
• For examination, analysis and testing purposes only and will be destroyed during, or subsequent to, testing:

The shipment must be labelled and documentation must include reference to UK Customs procedure Code CPC 4000C33 (see https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pay-no-import-duties-or-vat- on-importing-goods-for-testing).

Customs Information

Customs information for SMTL (NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership – NWSSP) is below:

Sample Waybill/ Commercial Invoice