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Guidance: Customs Declaration Completion Requirements for The Northern Ireland Protocol

Published 21 December 2020

Last updated 11 August 2022
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  1. 11 August 2022

    Guidance has been amended to clarify that non-GB EORI’s cannot be declared on a Customs Declaration Service declaration. This applies to all data elements requiring declaration of an EORI.

  2. 30 December 2021

    Part 1 of NI Supplement: Changes have been made to the NI supplement to include new guidance for changes that come into effect from Jan 2022. Part 2 of NI Supplement: Guidance text on the use of CHIEF for movements into NI has been deleted as this functionality is no longer available on CHIEF.

  3. 6 December 2021

    This page has been updated with corrections to recent updates made on NIAID.

  4. 23 November 2021

    Users of the Trader Support Service can now use AI statement ‘NIAID’ for ROW-NI movements, when claiming customs duty waivers (subsidies).

  5. 28 August 2021

    Guidance has been updated to reflect that the additional information code ‘NIAID’ can now be used for Rest of World to Northern Ireland (RoW-NI) movements. Users of the Trader Support Service currently cannot use ‘NIAID’ for RoW-NI movements. Functionality for these users will be available in due course.

  6. 9 August 2021

    Changes made to NI and GB supplement to provide a definition for the exporter for use on Export Declarations only. These changes do not apply to import declarations.

  7. 9 August 2021

    Updated the Northern Ireland Supplement to the CDS UK Trade Tariff to incorporate the new Additional Information Code for entry in Data Element 2/2 when an excise duty off-set manual calculation is required.

  8. 20 May 2021

    The guidance for temporary use of CHIEF in Northern Ireland has been updated.

  9. 14 May 2021

    Guidance about Agri foods and the use of the NIDOM AI statement code has been updated.

  10. 6 May 2021

    Part 1 Tariff Supplement for CDS Volume 3 for the Northern Ireland Protocol page has been updated with an amendment for Interim requirements for waivers/exempt goods. Part 2 CDS Declaration Completion Requirements for The Northern Ireland Protocol page has been updated with Interim Declaration completion requirements for agri-food movements.

  11. 19 February 2021

    Part 1 Tariff Supplement for CDS Volume 3 for the Northern Ireland Protocol page has been updated with an amendment for ‘Declaring your goods are not at risk’.

  12. 22 January 2021

    Guidance about ‘at risk’ and ‘not at risk’ goods has been updated.

  13. 29 December 2020

    This page has been updated with information about when and how Customs Duty waivers (subsidies) can be claimed via a customs declaration when EU duty rates are charged against ‘at-risk’ goods for Great Britain to Northern Ireland only.

  14. 21 December 2020

    First published.

Published 21 December 2020

Last updated 11 August 2022
+ show all updates

  1. 11 August 2022

    Guidance has been amended to clarify that non-GB EORI’s cannot be declared on a Customs Declaration Service declaration. This applies to all data elements requiring declaration of an EORI.

  2. 30 December 2021

    Part 1 of NI Supplement: Changes have been made to the NI supplement to include new guidance for changes that come into effect from Jan 2022. Part 2 of NI Supplement: Guidance text on the use of CHIEF for movements into NI has been deleted as this functionality is no longer available on CHIEF.

  3. 6 December 2021

    This page has been updated with corrections to recent updates made on NIAID.

  4. 23 November 2021

    Users of the Trader Support Service can now use AI statement ‘NIAID’ for ROW-NI movements, when claiming customs duty waivers (subsidies).

  5. 28 August 2021

    Guidance has been updated to reflect that the additional information code ‘NIAID’ can now be used for Rest of World to Northern Ireland (RoW-NI) movements. Users of the Trader Support Service currently cannot use ‘NIAID’ for RoW-NI movements. Functionality for these users will be available in due course.

  6. 9 August 2021

    Changes made to NI and GB supplement to provide a definition for the exporter for use on Export Declarations only. These changes do not apply to import declarations.

  7. 9 August 2021

    Updated the Northern Ireland Supplement to the CDS UK Trade Tariff to incorporate the new Additional Information Code for entry in Data Element 2/2 when an excise duty off-set manual calculation is required.

  8. 20 May 2021

    The guidance for temporary use of CHIEF in Northern Ireland has been updated.

  9. 14 May 2021

    Guidance about Agri foods and the use of the NIDOM AI statement code has been updated.

  10. 6 May 2021

    Part 1 Tariff Supplement for CDS Volume 3 for the Northern Ireland Protocol page has been updated with an amendment for Interim requirements for waivers/exempt goods. Part 2 CDS Declaration Completion Requirements for The Northern Ireland Protocol page has been updated with Interim Declaration completion requirements for agri-food movements.

  11. 19 February 2021

    Part 1 Tariff Supplement for CDS Volume 3 for the Northern Ireland Protocol page has been updated with an amendment for ‘Declaring your goods are not at risk’.

  12. 22 January 2021

    Guidance about ‘at risk’ and ‘not at risk’ goods has been updated.

  13. 29 December 2020

    This page has been updated with information about when and how Customs Duty waivers (subsidies) can be claimed via a customs declaration when EU duty rates are charged against ‘at-risk’ goods for Great Britain to Northern Ireland only.

  14. 21 December 2020

    First published.