Key transition dates for CDS Export
HMRC has advised that all export
declarations must be made through the Customs Declaration Service by 30
November 2023. All the businesses that complete export
declarations will need to move their declarations from the
CHIEF system to the Customs Declaration Service by this date.
Different
groups will be able to start making export declarations through the Customs
Declaration Service at different times, so HMRC has set out some key dates
below to help you plan ahead.
-
From late February 2023 – HMRC will
contact export declarants that only use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service
(GVMS) using software or the current National Export System (NES) web service. HMRC
will include details of how to start making declarations on the Customs
Declaration Service using either software or the new export declaration online
service. -
Summer
2023 – HMRC will work with all export declarants to ensure they are ready to
make declarations through the Customs Declarations Service, by setting out the
actions they need to take and signposting to guidance. -
From September 2023 – all export routes
will be open for making declarations and declarants will be signposted to
information about actions they need to take. This includes:
- Export declarants who use a mix of routes
including the Goods Vehicle Movement Service or inventory-linked locations. - Export declarants that only use inventory-linked locations.
- Export declarants that use Designated
Export Place (DEP) movements. - Export declarants that currently use
National Export Service (NES) web service and will need to move to the new export declaration online service.
What you can do now to prepare for CDS export?
If you have not already done so, you can
carry out the following steps to prepare your business for making export
declarations through the Customs Declaration Service:
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Apply for an Economic Operator
Registration and Identification (EORI) number beginning with ‘GB’. -
Subscribe to the Customs Declaration
Service
so you will be able to submit export declarations from your software through
the Customs Declaration Service. -
Read
the latest Customs Declaration Service guidance on GOV.UK – including the
updated Customs Declaration Service Toolkit and ‘Key differences between CHIEF and the
Customs Declaration Service’
guidance and HMRC’s introductory UK exports guide.
If you have any questions,
please contact HMRC
using one of these channels, or speak to your Account
Manager or Customer Compliance Manager if you have one.
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