Changes for both Imports and Exports

Document Code Amendments

• Document code - U119 status code of XA has been added
• Document code -C100 status code is no longer required

Document Codes

Further validation of document codes has strengthened the document codes, which are as follows:

• C105, Y128, Y134, Y135, Y136, Y137, Y172, Y173, Y174, Y239, Y240, Y241, Y242, Y243, Y244, Y245, Y246, Y248, Y249, Y250, Y251, Y252, Y253, Y254, Y255, Y256

Note that failure to follow Appendix 5A as instructed will result in the declaration being rejected.

Document Status Code Amendments

 Document status code of XB can no longer be used with the following document codes:

• C057, C079, C082

Document status code XF can no longer be used for the following document code :

• E013

Note that failure to follow the Appendix 5A status codes will result in the declaration being rejected.

Electronic Licences

When you are declaring an electronic licence within DE 2/3, you must ensure that the Net Mass is completed within DE 6/1

Failure to do so will result in the declaration being rejected.

Container Identification

When a shipment is within a container and ‘1’ is completed in DE 7/2, you must ensure that DE 7/10 is completed either at the header or item level with a container ID.

Failure to do so will result in the declaration being rejected.

Northern Ireland location of goods

Should a declaration or a CCR be made for goods that are moving through a port that is flagged within Appendix 16 as a Northern Ireland Port, you must ensure that a Northern Ireland AI code is also declared in DE 2/2 as follows.

For Imports : NIDOM or NIIMP

For Exports: NIEXP

Failure to do so will result in the declaration being rejected.

Fixes to issues

There are two issues causing CDS not to be operating correctly that will be resolved.

Declarations will accept country code TZ and will not be rejected for Imports.

CHED – Common health document on an invalidated declaration can not be reused on a replacement declaration.

Goods location codes

Goods location codes (GLC) are to be updated to the new codes in Appendix 16 after the CDS 5.0.0 release.

IMPORT DECLARATION UPDATE

Additional Information Code

AI code COMNE is declared in DE 2/2. The following national additional codes have been updated

• X520, X521, X522, X541, X542, X551, X556 , X561, X570, X571, X572 ,X589

The following list of commodity codes has been added for use with AI code COMNE :

• 3901908099
• 3902909099
• 3911100090
• 3911909990

Should the goods be declared using one of the above commodity codes and COMNE is declared within DE 2/2, then no excise duty should be charged.

COMNE must not be used when excise duty is to be accounted for.

Removal of document codes

The following document codes will be removed from Appendix 5A.

•  U003, U031, U052, U058, U072, U073, U077, U095, U096, U097, U100, U500

The Declaration will be rejected if these codes are declared in DE 2/3.

Procedure code 6122

Procedure code 6122, which is declared within DE 1/10, must be completed on a declaration under an H5 declaration category.

SPIMM supplementary declarations

Supplementary declarations using SPIMM, the correct previous document identifier must be used in DE 2/1. This is when using the following additional procedure codes :

• 1AG- must include the Previous Document Identifier- AGG

• 1RD -must include the Previous Document Identifier- RSD

Should the appropriate Previous Document Identifier not be declared within Data element 2/1, then the declaration will be rejected.

Declaration Invalidation

If a request to invalidate a declaration has been made, it will be automatically rejected if the goods have been released and the following DMS message has been sent.

DMSROG or DMSCLE

01 Series procedure code

01 Series procedure code will no longer grant VAT relief. When using this procedure code, VAT must be accounted for on the declaration. Should the goods be eligible for VAT relief, then you would need to ensure that the correct additional procedure or additional code is declared.

INVENTORY IMPORTS UPDATE

Types of packages and shipping marks

When declaring a C21 under additional procedure code in DE 1/10 of 0009 or under SPIMM additional procedure codes, the following DE are not mandatory to be completed :

• DE 6/9 - Type of Packages
• DE 6/11 - Shipping Marks

The following additional procedure codes under SPIMM that this will apply to are :

• 24G, 61G, 62G, 63G,71G

Should these additional procedure codes or procedure code 0009 not be completed correctly, the declaration will be rejected.

EXPORT DECLARATION UPDATE

Northern Ireland Exports

When exporting goods from Northern Ireland under onward supply relief, the AI code of NIEXP must be declared within DE 2/2.

When the previous procedure code 42 is declared within DE 1/10, and NIEXP is not declared, the declaration will be rejected.

The procedure code 42 and the AI code NIEXP are not to be used on GB declarations. These are only applicable to Northern Ireland.

INVENTORY EXPORTS UPDATE

Country of destination

Customs clearance request using either C21E or C21 EIDR NOP, the country of destination can be completed at the header or item level.

INVENTORY EXPORTS AND IMPORTS UPDATE

Additional procedure code 63T

Additional procedure code 63T if declared within DE 1/11 for a C21I or C21E CCR, the supervising office must be declared within DE 5/27

Failure to do so will result in the declaration being rejected.