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DEFRA CONFIRMS UK TARIFF REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES

From 31 October 2023, to import live animals or animal products from the EU and EFTA states into the UK you’ll need to follow the sanitary and phytosanitary rules for that import’s risk category, which have now been published.

As a result of the The Customs (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023, with effect from 1 December, declarants will be required to ensure that the GVMS declarations that they create are “arrived” following the importation of the goods.

2023 Tariff suspension application round open, closes on 6 August.s

If you have been unable to migrate to the Customs Declaration Service to make import declarations you will need to ask permission to temporarily use CHIEF from 1 October 2022.

Several of the inventory linked ports have quietly introduced transactional “Customs Clearance Fees” to their schedule of charges. These are levied on all imports and replace actual “Customs Clearance Fees”, applied if a container is selected for examination by Border Force.

The question is, are they fair?

Transit inland clearance simplification

With effect from 1 July, a new simplified arrangement for Authorised Consignees will be established allowing the receipt of goods at the end of a transit movement without the need for an External Temporary Storage Facility (ETSF).

As an alternative to creating a full import prior to the arrival of goods in the UK, monthly accounting can be used under Customs Freight Simplified Procedures (CFSP). The importer does not require its own CFSP approval, rather this can be managed by an approved customs agent/broker. Using Entry in the Declarant’s Records (EIDR), a simplification linked to CFSP, the importer can avoid the need for upfront declarations and simplify the import process significantly and reduce costs.

The requirement to submit a separate entry summary declaration (ENS) declaration in relation to imports from the European Union, which was due to come into effect on 1 July 2022, has again been delayed.

If you account for import VAT on your VAT Return, even if you use the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system for your declarations, you will need to access the Customs Declaration Service to get a postponed import VAT statement online.

HMRC publishes an exhaustive list of the goods that may declared without a formal customs declaration at the point of import or export.

Dover Queues - Traffic Delays on the A20 in Kent for the Port of Dover

As it is sunny for once, we thought that we would post a picture showing just how close our warehouse/office is to the 650+ space new Ashford International Truckstop.

This deals with how to claim preferential rates of duty on goods covered in the UK's deal with the EU and how to declare goods imported into the UK on the import declaration.

As part of the preparations for 2022, we and others asked HM Revenue & Customs to confirm what would happen if a shipment, entering via a non-inventory port, was linked to an uncleared FAS payment.

The question was never answered, but today we encountered the anticipated reaction when one shipment arrived and our overseas client had not managed to lodge the funds against the FAS reference in time.

As per the linked HMRC information paper, don't forget to provide the AI statement "RRS01" in box 44 of a CHIEF declaration when dealing with a GVMS registered movement.

As confirmed in the attached copy email, if you want to test out GVMS before 1 January you can do so from tomorrow.

HMRC has published a list of GVMS locations effective in 2022.