CCS-UK supports full migration to the Customs system

CCS-UK – the UK’s electronic air cargo community system – has successfully achieved migration to the UK’s new HMRC customs platform, CDS (Customs Declaration Service). This means the CCS-UK community can now submit CDS Customs Declarations for all air imports and exports through CCS-UK. READ: CCS-UK trials e-collection note CDS is already handling all import […]

HMRC starts roll out of Customs Declaration Service

The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) has been released by HM Revenue & Customs, who say it will deliver a “modern system” for importers and exporters trading outside the European Union. CDS will replace the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system over three phases between August 2018 and early 2019, meeting the requirements […]

Will Brexit mean anarchy in the UK?

With huge changes in international trade caused by Brexit and the implementation of the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), all eyes will be on Birmingham next June with the 12th Multimodal being held at the NEC, writes Stuart Flitton. Among the many challenges forwarders are facing is the impending launch of CDS, which will replace the […]

BIFA: Only a lengthy Brexit transition can prepare for CDS introduction

Forwarders in Britain are pinning their hopes on a lengthy Brexit transition so that they can prepare for the introduction of the new Customs Declaration Service, says Robert Keen, director-general of the British International Freight Association. Keen, HMRC and the customs software supplier Agency Sector Management (ASM) are running a series of seminars on CDS […]

UK supply chain gets up to speed on new Customs declaration

Supply chain stakeholders across the UK have been flocking to seminars to get up to speed on the new system for UK Customs declarations coming into force next month. The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is set to replace HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF), which has been in […]

ASM to stage tripartite seminars on UK Customs changes

Heathrow-based Agency Sector Management (ASM), alongside the British International Freight Association (BIFA) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), will be running a series of seminars ahead of August’s phased launch of the Customs Declaration System (CDS), the system set to completely replace the existing system for Customs declarations in the UK. The ASM-BIFA-HMRC CDS seminars […]