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Guidance: Customs declaration completion requirements for Great Britain

Published 21 December 2020

Last updated 25 January 2022
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  1. 25 January 2022

    The page has been updated to reflect a change of date for code 999L from 29 January 2022 to 7 February 2022.

  2. 20 January 2022

    Information included at Page 28 regarding a temporary simplification in relation to the completion of the Buyer/Seller details (Data Elements 3/24 to 3/27) on an import declaration.

  3. 17 January 2022

    The Tariff Volume 3 Great Britain Supplement CDS and CHIEF has been updated to reflect that changes previously scheduled for 22 January 2022 will now become effective on 29 January 2022.

  4. 23 December 2021

    Changes have been made to the Great Britain supplement to include new guidance for changes that come into effect from Jan 2022. Completion instructions on how these changes affect the customs declaration for CHIEF and CDS are included in Part 2, including new codes lists in Annexes. The document has also been updated to provide guidance on 2021 changes that are still extant.

  5. 19 November 2021

    This page has been updated with CDS and CHIEF declaration completion requirements for freeports.

  6. 16 September 2021

    This page has been updated in a RoRo footnote at page 71 and 123 to replace an incorrect reference to Eurostar with the word ‘Eurotunnel’.

  7. 6 August 2021

    Tariff Volume 3 Great Britain Supplement CDS and CHIEF has been updated.

  8. 3 August 2021

    Information about HMRC closing the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system on 31 March 2023 has been added.

  9. 4 May 2021

    The Tariff Volume 3 Great Britain Supplement CDS and CHIEF has been updated to notify interim requirements when entering certain document codes in CDS, when a waiver is claimed or an open licence is being declared.

  10. 27 January 2021

    The Great Britain CDS and CHIEF supplement has been updated.

  11. 15 January 2021

    Various changes have been made including: information about form INF3, moving goods through Cairnryan, the requirements for certain movements declared to CHIEF, EU airport International Air Transport Association codes and percentages for Zone Q.

  12. 23 December 2020

    The Great Britain CDS and CHIEF supplement has been updated.

  13. 21 December 2020

    First published.

Published 21 December 2020

Last updated 25 January 2022
+ show all updates

  1. 25 January 2022

    The page has been updated to reflect a change of date for code 999L from 29 January 2022 to 7 February 2022.

  2. 20 January 2022

    Information included at Page 28 regarding a temporary simplification in relation to the completion of the Buyer/Seller details (Data Elements 3/24 to 3/27) on an import declaration.

  3. 17 January 2022

    The Tariff Volume 3 Great Britain Supplement CDS and CHIEF has been updated to reflect that changes previously scheduled for 22 January 2022 will now become effective on 29 January 2022.

  4. 23 December 2021

    Changes have been made to the Great Britain supplement to include new guidance for changes that come into effect from Jan 2022. Completion instructions on how these changes affect the customs declaration for CHIEF and CDS are included in Part 2, including new codes lists in Annexes. The document has also been updated to provide guidance on 2021 changes that are still extant.

  5. 19 November 2021

    This page has been updated with CDS and CHIEF declaration completion requirements for freeports.

  6. 16 September 2021

    This page has been updated in a RoRo footnote at page 71 and 123 to replace an incorrect reference to Eurostar with the word ‘Eurotunnel’.

  7. 6 August 2021

    Tariff Volume 3 Great Britain Supplement CDS and CHIEF has been updated.

  8. 3 August 2021

    Information about HMRC closing the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system on 31 March 2023 has been added.

  9. 4 May 2021

    The Tariff Volume 3 Great Britain Supplement CDS and CHIEF has been updated to notify interim requirements when entering certain document codes in CDS, when a waiver is claimed or an open licence is being declared.

  10. 27 January 2021

    The Great Britain CDS and CHIEF supplement has been updated.

  11. 15 January 2021

    Various changes have been made including: information about form INF3, moving goods through Cairnryan, the requirements for certain movements declared to CHIEF, EU airport International Air Transport Association codes and percentages for Zone Q.

  12. 23 December 2020

    The Great Britain CDS and CHIEF supplement has been updated.

  13. 21 December 2020

    First published.