Guidance: Making an export declaration using a pre-shipment advice

Information about how to submit the declaration, including which guidance you should read when you’re submitting it to help you complete it, has been updated.

From 1 January 2022, the locations where you will need to submit an arrived export declaration, or a pre-lodged export declaration have changed. From 1 January 2022 a departure message will be a legal requirement for all exports.

Details of how to submit an arrived export declaration has been added to the ‘before you submit’ section.

Guidance has been updated in the ‘After you submit’ section, to say you may need to complete a C1602 form to confirm manually to HMRC that the excise duty suspended goods have left the UK.

This page has been updated because the Brexit transition period has ended.

This page has been updated with information for 1 January 2021.

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