Goods Across Borders · Customs rule card
Food Supplements (Commercial) → United Kingdom
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2026-08-22
No specific restrictions for personal food supplements (commercial)
Details
No specific restrictions for personal food supplements (commercial). Quantity guidance for United Kingdom: Personal use. Documentation: Commercial invoice; Packing list; Bill of lading / AWB; HS classification. Allowed status assumes personal-use quantities — commercial-scale amounts move the entry into formal import procedures with duty and documentation. Arrival checks are carried out by His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC); when in doubt use the declare (red) channel — declared goods at worst attract duty or surrender, while undeclared goods attract penalties. Leaving United Kingdom with food supplements (commercial) is a separate question: restricted — Commercial-quantity food supplements exported from United Kingdom requires a commercial export declaration; samples at personal quantities move informally.
Quantity limit
Personal use
Documentation required
- Commercial invoice
- Packing list
- Bill of lading / AWB
- HS classification
Leaving with this item
Commercial-quantity food supplements exported from United Kingdom requires a commercial export declaration; samples at personal quantities move informally.
Practical advice
Commercial-quantity Food Supplements (Commercial) may be imported into United Kingdom through the standard commercial-import framework. Registered importers file the commercial entry via His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) with the applicable HS classification, pay import duty and VAT, and clear at the port of entry. Personal-quantity carriage typically clears under the personal-effects allowance without duty.
Customs authority
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) · https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs