Customs Declaration Service Exporter Deadline Extended

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Niamh O'Connor
15 December 2022

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HMRC have announced that Exporters will have more time to move across to the Customs Declaration Service. Exporters will have until the 30th November 2023 to move across from CHIEF to CDS.

HMRC has today extended the requirement for traders to the switch over to CDS for exports.
 
This means that the planned date of the 1st April 2023 to switch over to CDS for exports now no longer applies and traders will have until 30th November 2023 to continue to use the CHIEF system for export declarations.

The new planned date for CDS exports will now be 1st December 2023.

This will allow more time for Exporters/Freight Forwarders and Declarants to work with HMRC and associated parties to ensure that it can be delivered seamlessly. HMRC have taken this pragmatic approach following the lessons learnt from the introduction of CDS Imports.
 
The HMRC statement can be found here : Customs Declaration Service exporter deadline extended - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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