Customs & Excise Help Centre

Are you encountering issues or have questions regarding customs and excise?
We have a customs and excise professional on hand to help you with any query. Mark Rowbotham, our customs and excise expert, is a former Officer of HM Customs & Excise, and established his own Customs Consultancy in 1999.
Consultancy and advice is offered in the following areas:
- Customs Compliance
- Customs Planning & Management
- Customs & Excise Duties
- Excise Planning & Management
- VAT
- Import & Export Customs Procedures
- Customs Duty Reliefs
- Rules of Origin
- Electronic Declaration Procedures – NES & CFSP
- Training in Customs & Excise and Import / Export Procedures
- European and North American Customs issues
- Import / Export licences
In addition to arranging seminars and training sessions here at the Chamber Mark also offers in-house tailored audits for your company:
- Customs/VAT Procedural Compliance Audits
- Logistics Audits
- Documentary & Procedure Compliance
These services are designed to ensure you are operating legally, cost-effectively and with success.
Our Expert
Mark Rowbotham advises on Customs & Excise issues, and delivers training course in all aspects of Customs & Excise Procedures and Management. He is qualified in International Business, Export Management and Statistics, and gained his Masters’ Degree in 1995. He is also a qualified linguist, fluent in French, Portuguese and Spanish. He has since worked as Customs Analyst in the international logistics sector before becoming an independent Customs & Excise Consultant in 1999. He has had several articles published in international trade magazines and journals on issues concerning Customs & Excise matters, and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
Please email your enquiry through to Mark at customs@syitc.com or telephone 0114 201 8888.