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Category: Customs

Post-Brexit food checks finally launch

Having previously postponed implementation of post-Brexit food border controls five times due to worries about price inflation and port disruption and the cost-of-living crisis, EU exporters of animal and plant products will be required to present Export Health Certificates from…

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Fifth delay to EU food border checks

The UK Government has announced that post-Brexit checks on EU imported food and food products have been delayed for a fifth time and pushed back to end January 2024, however, with over a third of EU exporters unprepared, it may…

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HMRC extend export declarations move to CDS

The government has extended the timeline for businesses to be submitting export declarations on HMRC’s new Customs Declaration Service (CDS), which is replacing the legacy CHIEF system. The Customs Declaration Service has already replaced imports in the UK and we…

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Food border checks may be delayed again

The Financial Times reported last week that post-Brexit UK border food checks, that were due to commence at the end of February, may be delayed for 5th time, due to cost and inflation fears. The FT’s report last week, said…

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Simplifying EU trading

SME and larger traders are struggling with post-Brexit paperwork, which is adding cost and time pressures and risks alienating European customers, but PSP Worldwide Logistics offer an easy solution. (more…)

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UK replace General Scheme of Preferences

The Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) replaced the UK General Scheme of Preferences (GSP) last week, but proofs of origin remain the same and there will be a grace period to allow the use of UK GSP documents to claim…

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After four delays EU import checks will begin

Delayed checks on imports from the EU, which are legally required under the Brexit trade deal, will be introduced in three parts from October - subject to industry feedback. (more…)

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Exporters need to prepare for declaration and Certificate of Origin (CoO) changes

From 1st April 2023, any pre-printed COO’s which have the old International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) logo could be refused at any customs point as an invalid document, while export declarations will soon be made through the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) and…

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