1. Customs Declaration Service
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Customs Declaration Service
September 2018
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2. Contents Context Benefits to traders Key changes Migration timeline
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Contents
Context
Benefits to traders
Key changes
Migration timeline
Trade testing
What do businesses need to do to prepare
Stakeholder engagement
Where to go for support
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3. Customs in context Trade is worth £700bn to the UK economy each year
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Customs in context
Trade is worth £700bn to the UK economy each year
The current Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system, the means by which we identify goods for checks at ports, is critical to our customs models, enabling the flow of international trade
In 2017, it was also responsible for the collection of £34bn in tax and duties
Rail
Air
Road
Maritime
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4. Introducing the new Customs Declaration Service
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Introducing the new Customs Declaration Service
CHIEF ………………
CDS
Today, customs declarations are made through the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system
CHIEF has served the UK well over 25 years but is old technology and needs to be replaced
Businesses are now gradually moving over to making declarations on the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS)
CDS will be a flexible declaration system that can handle anticipated future import and export growth
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5. Benefits to traders Built to allow for future trade growth
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Benefits to traders
CDS
Built to allow for future trade growth
More items can be included per declaration
Integrated with other UK Government systems
Declaration data available free of charge
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6. CDS readiness preparations
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CDS readiness preparations
Work to get HMRC and external customers ready for CDS has been structures into five work areas:
Internal Readiness
Enabling HMRC staff to use the new system
External Readiness
Helping traders and declarants to move from CHIEF to CDS
IT Delivery
Delivering the new system
Go Live and Support
Enabling the transition of the new system from Delivery to Live Support
Contingency
Planning options in the event CDS is not available
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7. New or different data now needs to be included with your declaration
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Key changes
Changes to the Import and Export Tariff, required by the Union Customs Code
New or different data now needs to be included with your declaration
This means there may be additional required codes for certain product types
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8. CDS migration timeline
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CDS migration timeline
August 2018
R1 - Supplementary Declarations
November 2018
R2 – Remaining Import Functionality
TBC
R3 - Exports
Testing
Stakeholder Engagement
Targeted Communications
Businesses and Declarants Moving to CDS
Subject to change
For Releases 1 and 2 we are moving declarants to CDS in two tranches:
Tranche 0 – declarants who account for the lowest volume of declarations
Tranche 1 – declarants who account for the largest volume of declarations.
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9. CDS trade testing TTM 7 TTM 6 TTM 5 TTM 4 TTM 3 TTM 2 TTM 1
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CDS trade testing
Since December 2017 we have enabled software developers to test their applications as new functionality is developed
We will continue with this testing approach until CDS is fully implemented
For businesses that currently make declarations directly in CHIEF we’re also developing the new interface to do this in CDS
TTM 7
TTM 6
TTM 5
TTM 4
TTM 3
TTM 2
TTM 1
Functionality
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10. Make sure they have an EORI number, or register for a new one*
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What do businesses need to do to prepare?
All current CHIEF users will need to: 1 2 3
Make sure they have an EORI number, or register for a new one*
Make sure their company has a Government Gateway account and have access to it, register for CDS and authorise their software developer
Understand the changes to the Import and Export Tariff, available via GOV.UK
*registration process to be confirmed
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11. £ What do businesses need to do to prepare? You should also consider:
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What do businesses need to do to prepare?
You should also consider:
Any training or information your business needs to provide to your staff, for example for the new Data Elements
Finance process impacts, for example changes to Duty Deferment or Flexible Accounting System (FAS) accounts
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12. … find out how they are working closely with HMRC to prepare
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What do businesses need to do to prepare?
HMRC have engaged extensively with software developers and CSPs to prepare for CDS. If you use third party or in-house developed software, or a CSP, you should:
Contact your software developer, in-house team or CSP for further details on how they are preparing for CDS and…
… find out how they are working closely with HMRC to prepare
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13. Developing CDS in partnership with our stakeholders
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Developing CDS in partnership with our stakeholders
We are working with a broad range of stakeholders to help them:
Understand the changes and new data requirements
Make changes to their systems and software applications
Update their customers on what they need to do to prepare for CDS
We are also working across government to help other departments understand how the introduction of CDS will affect them and their customers
Freight
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Logistics UK
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Communications
HMRC started a communications campaign in January to raise awareness about CDS.
February 2018
CDS factsheet distributed via 60+ SWDs and Trade Associations
April 2018
13,000 unique views of GOV.UK news story
August 2018
Import Tariff published on GOV.UK and sent to 150,000 stakeholders notifying them it is now available
Feb / March 2018
Mailshot letter sent to 258,000 CHIEF users and ed to 99,000 who had provided addresses
Jan 2018
‘Getting Ready for CDS’ news story published on GOV.UK and promoted on social media
July 2018
sent to 138,000 CHIEF users explaining the CDS release schedule
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Communications
We have launched a multi-channel communications campaign that sets out what businesses need to do to prepare to move to CDS.
Intensifying in September 2018 this will direct people to GOV.UK where you will be able to access relevant, tailored information about what you need to do to prepare.
Social
Direct Comms
Targeted Content
Events
Press
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16. CDS Contingency Plan Contingency planning
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Contingency planning
From the outset, the CDS team has made it a priority that the new system is introduced without impacting imports or exports
CHIEF is being tested to make it capable of managing any increase in the volume of declarations expected when the UK leaves the EU
CDS
Contingency Plan
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17. Where you can find more information
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Where you can find more information
Visit: gov.uk/customsdeclarationservice for more information and to register for updates
Look out for updates on social media and via trade press
Speak to your software developer
If you have specific questions your developer cannot help you with, contact:
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