HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued a statement informing all businesses that they can now move their export declarations to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
Businesses who have yet to do so are being given a transition period to move across, until 4 June 2024. After this date, customs declarations can no longer be submitted through the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) service.
In order to provide a more user-friendly, streamlined system with greater functionality, the CDS is replacing CHIEF which has been running since 2018 for import declarations and has already seen more than 100 million customs declarations submitted.
HMRC’s Director of Border Change Delivery, Sarah Hartley, said: “The open migration for exports from CHIEF to CDS marks a key milestone for HMRC, and we would like to thank all our partners who were involved in making this achievement happen. We are encouraging businesses to move over as soon as they can so the transition to CDS is as smooth as possible for everyone.”
More information about moving to the Customs Declaration Service is available HERE, including details of how to subscribe to the Service and how to make import and export declarations.
HMRC will continue to provide help and support to businesses moving to CDS in coming months and continue to work closely with the border industry throughout this process, Ms Hartley concluded.
