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Know what your food import needs before it reaches the port.

Send me your product list. For every product you get the commodity code, the duty, every certificate and border check it needs, and what's still missing, each line with the rule behind it. Then I keep watching it, every month.

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Advisory only. I'm not a customs broker and I never file anything with HMRC, Defra or any agency for you. Your broker still does that.

From £99 a monthMonth to monthFirst month back if it isn't useful

Catalogue entryBaklava · Turkey
Critical
1905 90 70 00
Section IV ›Chapter 19 ›1905 ›1905 90
Duty, proof of origin0%
Without it8%
  1. 01Butter: animal-origin control
  2. 02Pistachios: high-risk food check for aflatoxins
Dairy establishment approval numberBlocking
HMRC Trade Tariff · legislation.gov.uk · GOV.UK

You can't ask about a rule you don't know exists.

Take one product: baklava from Turkey.

The rule you'd ask about

The butter. Without the dairy maker's approval number, it can't take the lighter route for composite foods.

The rule you wouldn't

The pistachios. Turkish pistachios are on the high-risk list for aflatoxins, so the product needs a border check whatever happens with the butter.

One commodity code.8rules on it.2of them can stop the shipment.

The bill arrives later

Held 40ft dry container · Felixstowe · Day 21

£1,217.52

Days 1–12 · freeFrom day 13

At your cost

A consignment that fails its checks can be destroyed or sent back, "at the expense of the operator." That's you.

Regulation (EU) 2017/625, Art. 66

£135.28 a day

Storage on a held 40ft dry container at Felixstowe from day 13. Refrigerated containers pay for power and monitoring from day one.

Port of Felixstowe rates, April 2026

You carry it

Even when a broker files for you, you're responsible for the rules. Their mistakes can leave you owing the extra duty and VAT.

GOV.UK, due diligence guidance

Your broker files the entry.Knowing what it needs is still on you.

What you receive

What one catalogue entry looks like

The baklava again, as it arrives in your catalogue.

Your catalogue · EntryBaklava · Origin: Turkey
Checked and sent by Ahmed Hayek

Status

Critical
Why it matters
Critical items sit at the top of your catalogue. This one must not ship until it's cleared.

Commodity code

1905 90 70 00Section IV › Chapter 19 › 1905 › 1905 90
Why it matters
The full path, so your broker can check it in a minute rather than trust it.

Duty

0% with proof of Turkish origin. 8% without it.

Why it matters
Every preferential rate comes with its condition and what it falls back to.

VAT

Unsettled

Both 0% and 20% sit on this code. My lean: 20%. Confirm with HMRC before invoicing.

Why it matters
When the law isn't clear, the entry says so and tells you who can settle it.

Import controls

  1. 1.Butter: animal-origin control.
  2. 2.Pistachios: high-risk food check for aflatoxins.
Why it matters
Every control on the code, in plain English.

Missing

Dairy establishment approval numberBlocking
Why it matters
What you have against what you need, updated as documents arrive.

Sources

HMRC Trade Tariff, legislation.gov.uk and GOV.UK guidance, each with the date checked

Why it matters
Nothing rests on my word alone.

Full entries also carry the legal base, recorded exceptions, supplier screening and the dates I'm watching.

Every month

The answer has a date on it

Rules change, certificates lapse, suppliers get flagged. The next big change is already scheduled: from mid-2027, food from outside the EU is set to face EU import requirements at British border posts.

GOV.UK, SPS agreement guidance, July 2026
  • Your dates.Certificate and registration expiry, flagged before they lapse.
  • Your suppliers.Re-checked against the UK sanctions list and FSA food alerts.
  • Your rules.When a rule changes on something you import, you hear about that product. Not a newsletter.
  • Your questions.Ask about a new product before you commit to it, on WhatsApp or email.

Who's behind it

An answer you can't check is a guess.

Ahmed Hayek

Ahmed Hayek

7 years in food import and export trading. 16 years in business. Based in Muscat, Oman, with response times counted in UK working days. You deal with me directly.

  • Every line carries its source and the date it was checked. If your broker disagrees, you both have something to open.
  • The code you were given gets checked, not copied.
  • When something isn't certain, the entry says so, and what would settle it.

Pricing

One price a month. The same protection at every size.

20Mid

  • Small

    Fits you

    £99a month

    Products in your catalogue
    Up to 10
    New each month
    Up to 3
    Answers to your questions
    Within 48 hours
    First catalogue
    Within 5 working days

  • Mid

    Fits you

    £199a month

    Products in your catalogue
    Up to 50
    New each month
    Up to 10
    Answers to your questions
    Within 24 hours
    First catalogue
    Within 7 working days

  • Large

    Fits you

    £349a month

    Products in your catalogue
    Up to 100
    New each month
    Up to 25
    Answers to your questions
    Same working day
    First catalogue
    Within 10 working days

The Small plan costs less than one day's storage on a held 40ft container.

Month to month. No contract. If the first month isn't useful, you get the whole month back.

Included in every plan

  • Classification
  • The full checklist
  • Your product catalogue
  • Document and exception tracking
  • Monthly monitoring
  • Questions on WhatsApp or email

Questions

Good, keep them. They file the declaration from what you give them. I tell you what the product needs before you commit to the order. Every entry is sourced, so you can forward it straight to them.

Yes, the HMRC tariff is free. The baklava code carries 8 rules. Reading them isn't the hard part. Knowing which apply to your product, and spotting when one changes, is.

Every line shows its source and the date I checked it, so you or your broker can verify it first. I advise; I don't file. Responsibility for your declarations stays with you, as with any adviser.

No. UK rules come from UK sources: HMRC, Defra, the FSA and legislation.gov.uk. Response times run on UK working days.

What this is not

  • Not A filing service.I never submit anything to HMRC, Defra, the FSA or any other agency for you.
  • Not A licensed broker.I'm not a customs broker or any other licensed trade professional.
  • Not A replacement for your broker.I tell you what's needed. They handle the entry.
  • Not A label check.I cover codes, duty, certificates, border checks and monitoring.

Who this is for

For

UK businesses importing food regularly, with more than a handful of products and a broker or agent already in place.

Not for

One-off or personal shipments, or anyone who needs their declarations filed for them.

How it starts

  1. Email me or book 15 minutes.
  2. Send your product list: what each product is, its ingredients, packaging and origin. A spreadsheet or a rough list both work.
  3. I send any questions back in one go, then your first catalogue, Critical items first.
  4. From then on, I watch it. You hear from me when a date is close or a rule moves.

Send me one product. I'll tell you what it needs.

No card, no demo. Email the product and where it comes from. The first answer is free.

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Bloksera is advisory and monitoring only. I am not a licensed customs broker or any other licensed trade professional. I never file, submit or transact with HMRC, Defra, the FSA or any other agency on your behalf. Responsibility for your declarations stays with you, as it does when you use any adviser.

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