Calling all Dundee Businesses
The Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce International Academy is your gateway to expanding into global markets. Our workshops and expert-led sessions equip businesses with the tools and confidence they need to succeed internationally.
The Academy will also offer targeted support through drop-in sessions with the International Team, the Expert Help Programme to get free support from specialists to help grow and develop your business in international markets, and an internationally focussed mentoring programme. Members will also have access to the 37 City Quay Academy, including serviced office facilities.
Import-Export Services
The Chamber’s International Trade Service is open to all businesses in Tayside
We provide Export Documentation, Customs Clearance, Training and assist businesses in making connections in international markets. - If you're already navigating the tricky waters of International Trade or just dipping your toe, we can help.
Full list of services and prices for 2024.
Contact International Team
If you're looking for support, information on trade missions or would like to use our Customs Clearance or Export Documentation service, feel free to get in touch with our International Team
ChamberCustoms
Customs Clearance for importers and exporters, of all sizes, throughout Tayside and Fife.
ChamberCustoms is the only UK service that offers a 'One stop shop' with the ability to clear goods at any major GB port.
Our Customs Clearance service is delivered through a partnership with ChamberCustoms Ltd - a British Chambers of Commerce venture. Together, we can can draw on our extensive knowledge, reputation and first-class service in facilitating international trade.
The service is offered direct to businesses throughout Dundee, Angus, Perth and Fife, ensuring that customs clearance is accurate, timely and helps you avoid unnecessary costs, delays or errors.
Trade Missions
Trade Missions across the world involving Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce
We have teamed up to deliver a very strong 3 day programme in Sweden with Invest in Skåne, the official trade and investment agency for Skåne, the southernmost part of Sweden. Skåne ranks as one of the world’s most innovative regions, home to world leading tech companies, successful start-ups and ground-breaking research.
Skåne’s unique geographic location in the very heart of Scandinavia, with close link to the Greater Copenhagen area makes it an ideal point of connection in the Nordic region as well as in Europe.
Over the 3 days we will visit a number of key innovation spaces, connect with many of the companies who are leading in the Games Development, Food Innovation, Clean Tech and Life Science fields.
In addition we will organise B2B meetings for delegates and make connection to acadmic institutions in Skåne.
Attendees will be responsible for their own travel and accomodation, but all other costs while in market during the organised programme will be paid for.
The International Member's Group allows regional business leaders to share knowledge, experience and help drive UK Government policy decisions through the help of the British Chambers of Commerce Trade Policy forum.
We encourage attendees to share experiences, challenges and successes with each topic we speak about and ask the guest speaker for help or to answer any queries.
We have attendees in a variety of different sectors such as manufacturing, education, food etc. The IMG is open to all members who are international trades and attendance must be pre-approved by the International Team in order to maintain consistency and fairness.
Back in June we hosted our Dubai Advantage Conference where Dubai Culture and Arts Authority came along and presented their business in the UAE to us.
It is our pleasure to announce that we are collaborating with Dubai Culture and Arts Authority to organise a virtual webinar presented by DCAA aimed at companies, start-ups and independent creatives operating within Scotland’s cultural and creative industries.
Dubai Culture is the custodian of Dubai’s cultural and creative sector, enabling and developing it through projects designed to meet the requirements of creative people worldwide and stimulate Dubai’s economic growth. It is committed to enriching Dubai’s cultural scene and cementing its position as a global centre for culture, incubator for creativity, and thriving hub for talent, in addition to reviving Dubai’s history and highlighting its contemporary cultural fabric.
Export Documentation
We're an accredited issuer of export documentation.
Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce is an accredited issuer of export documentation and can assist businesses on how to access and process the documents they need to get their goods to world markets.
We process documents for over £90 million worth of goods each year, from businesses of all sizes.
Importers usually require a Certificate of Origin to meet customs or quota requirements in the importing country, or to comply with banking requirements.
Standard Service
- Member-Price: £31.50 +VAT
- Non-member Price: £63 +VAT
Express Service
- Member-Price: £27 +VAT
- Non-member Price: £55 +VAT
A UK-EUR1 Movement Certificate can help your buyer in some countries import your goods more cheaply under preference. Preference means that your buyer may pay a lower or nil rate of import duty on your goods.
Standard Service
- Member-Price: £31.50 +VAT
- Non-member Price: £63 +VAT
Express Service
- Member-Price: £27 +VAT
- Non-member Price: £55 +VAT
Arab-British Certificates of Origin are used as documentary evidence to show where goods being exported from the United Kingdom to Arab countries were originally manufactured. Arab documentation can be used in the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen.
Price on arrival
We can certify and authenticate signatures on invoices and other documents. Sometimes referred to as "Chamber Stamped" documents.
Standard Service
- Member-Price: £31.50 +VAT
- Non-member Price: £63 +VAT
Express Service
- Member-Price: £27 +VAT
- Non-member Price: £55 +VAT
Certify signature
Providing you have a current Formal Undertaking on file, we can certify documents. The certification is to show that the signature on the document is authentic.
Apostille Documents
We can certify signatures and/or request an apostille from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Embassy Legalising
We can facilitate the legalising of trade documents by country embassies.
FCDO, Embassy, ABCC and EBCC cost passed on directly to trader.
Handling fee:
Member-Price: £31.50 +VAT
Non-member Price: £63 +VAT
Certified Training
Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce is proud to provide a Certified International Trade Training course - delivering 6 comprehensive training modules covering everything required to get you, and your staff up to speed on the technical aspect of International Trade.
By completing all 6 modules in our blended learning training, you'll receive a Vocational Qualification.
Useful links
Help Shipping Your Goods
There are a number of local experts that can help you move your goods, deal with documentation and customs processes.
UK Gov Department of International Trade
Department for International Trade (DIT) have launched a new Q&A service for exporters: https://www.gov.uk/ask-export-support-team
There is new checking tool on GOV.UK to assist with how to import or export goods: https://www.gov.uk/check-how-to-import-export
Intrastat Declarations
There will be no Intrastat requirement for the movement of goods exported from GB to the EU or goods imported from EU to GB, from 1 January 2022. For NI imports from EU and NI exports to the EU, Intrastat will continue to be required for the lifetime of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which will be at least 4 years: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/news/intrastat-declaration-requirements-for-2021/
Trading and moving goods in and out of Northern Ireland
this guidance has been recently updated and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/trading-and-moving-goods-in-and-out-of-northern-ireland
