Customs Declaration System

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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Whitehall unveils Brexit border operating model – but the tech may prove tricky

The UK logistics industry has welcomed more clarity in the government’s new border operating model, but has warned that many details are still lacking, making the timeframes “extremely challenging”.
The 206-page document, published yesterday, outlines protocols for borders and differing commodities, but a lot relies on new technology, which is either not completed or not currently compatible with industry systems.
However, the British International Freight Association (BIFA) welcomed an...

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‘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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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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