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As a Customs and International Trade advisor, I need to know a lot about the importation process and understand how goods make their way onto supermarket shelves. This includes all the regulatory requirements they must meet to achieve this. Importantly, I need to understand Tariff Classification, how to determine which certificates are required for importing goods, which legislation applies, and whether the product is a food product or a composite good.
On December 11th 2025, Notice to Exporters 2025/32 was issued, advising on the UK’s formal Agreement on Defence Export Controls, a defence exports treaty with France, Germany, and Spain, designed to establish a framework to facilitate licensing by promoting closer integration across the contracting parties in the signa
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The Customs Declaration Service update, version 5.0.0, is scheduled for release on Saturday, 13th December 2025, between 9:30 pm and 6 am Sunday, 14 December 2025. During this period, CDS will be unavailable. Please note that any pre-lodged declarations that will be affected by the changes should be changed/amended prior to the goods arriving.
The UK Government published Notice to Exporters 2025/30 on 20th November 2025, which details amendments to three elements of UK Export Controls regulations, as set out in The Export Control (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, which will come into force on 16 th December 2025.
HMRC has announced that the new Get Customs Data for Import and Export Declarations Service is now available from Thursday, 13th November 2025.
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From 15th December 2025, there will be a change to the current process for declaring indirect exports from Northern Ireland through CDS.
Following our previously published CDS updates as well as HMRC updates in MAY 2025. HMRC has now confirmed that the statistical value will be enforced in CDS export declarations.
