What are the options for handling UK duty-paid stock when exporting internationally?

When stock has been duty-paid in the UK but needs to be shipped abroad, you face the choice of either removing the duty stamp or exploring whether duty can be reclaimed through a bonded warehouse.

- **London City Bond (LCB)** — can de-stamp duty-paid stock, though the process is expensive and stamp removal is labour-intensive. Members suggest asking LCB directly whether duty reclaim is possible when working with them, as they may have experience recovering duty on exported stock. - **Direct de-stamping** — some members accept losing the duty paid as a cost and simply obliterate the stamp before shipping, though this approach forfeits any potential reclaim.

Recommendation: Before committing to de-stamping costs or loss, contact LCB or a similar bonded warehouse operator to ask explicitly whether duty reclaim is available on your shipment; several members indicated this may be possible but requires direct inquiry.