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Inward Processing Relief (IPR) gives relief from customs duty on goods imported from Third Countries, if products made from them are re-exported outside the EU and the trade does not harm the essential interests of EU producers of similar goods. There are two IPR systems; Suspension and Drawback.

IPR suspension should be used if you intend only to export all, or a percentage of your products. You should use IPR suspension for that percentage of your imports and pay customs duty on the rest. Under suspension, duty is suspended at import and only payable (plus compensatory interest) if the goods are diverted to home use.

IPR drawback should be used if you do not know what imports you are going to export, or if you have no established or projected pattern of exports. Under drawback, duty is paid at import and re-claimed on export from the EU. Please note that there are restrictions on the use of drawback.