CHIEF

There’s a clearer picture for post-Brexit fine art logistics

Covid, not Brexit, appears to be the biggest burden for UK art exporters as they battle global museum and gallery closures.
Government efforts to mitigate post-Brexit import and export practices for transporting art, including the digitisation of the export licensing system and the development of new inland pre-clearance processes for export licences, have been roundly welcomed.
Simon Sheffield, executive chairman of Martinspeed, which specialises in providing art storage, logistics and...

https://theloadstar.com/theres-a-clearer-picture-for-post-brexit-fine-art-logistics/

New UK customs declaration system doesn’t work – ‘let’s stick with CHIEF’

Industry experts have expressed “grave concerns” at the UK government’s “unnecessary insistence” on implementation of the new Customs Declaration System (CDS).
Chair of the Association of Freight Software Suppliers Steve Bartlett and director general of the UK Association for International Trade Des Hiscock told the EU goods sub-committee CDS was “not ready” and efforts should turn to a fall-back option.
“We are working on six systems to handle trade flows following the …

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HMRC says new customs declaration system can run alongside CHIEF

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) and freight software suppliers have welcomed indications that the UK HMRC is planning to extend the implementation period of its new customs system until next year.
Last week, HMRC indicated that implementation of the Customs Declaration System (CDS) would be in tandem with the continuing operation of the existing CHIEF system.
BIFA director general Robert Keen said: “In 2019, when HMRC announced its proposed plan for …

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https://theloadstar.com/hmrc-says-new-customs-declaration-system-can-run-alongside-chief/

‘HMRC can handle post-Brexit declarations, port infrastructure is the bottleneck’

One of the UK’s leading customs software experts has claimed the delay in the UK’s new Customs Declaration System (CDS) is unlikely to cause a breakdown in the country’s supply chains.
Peter MacSwiney, chairman of software supplier Agency Sector Management (ASM) and co-chair of the Joint Customs Consultative Committee’s (JCCC) Brexit working group, told The Loadstar far more attention needed to be paid to the post-Brexit operation of UK ro-ro ports.
“I have always thought the UK …

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https://theloadstar.co.uk/hmrc-can-handle-post-brexit-declarations-port-infrastructure-bottleneck/

Roll-out of new UK customs declaration system too slow as Brexit looms

UK freight industry sources are becoming increasingly anxious that roll-out of the country’s recently introduced Customs Declaration System (CDS) is not quick enough and could throw the country’s international trade into chaos in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
At the recent annual general meeting of the UK’s Association of Freight Software Suppliers (AFSS), it transpired that since the HMRC announced on 14 August that CDS had gone live, just one …

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https://theloadstar.co.uk/roll-new-uk-customs-declaration-system-slow-brexit-looms/

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