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If you submit declarations using the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) and you’re asked to send supporting documents you can send them to HMRC online.
The DUCR and the optional Part suffix is the main reference key to any Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF) declaration.
The Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system is supported by detailed user guides for trade users. For Direct Trader Input to CHIEF and Inventory system linking we have the Technical Interface Specification guides.
Information on how to gain a UK CoC for working Deck and Engineering Officers working on board merchant vessels and yachts.
Get your goods cleared by the National Clearance Hub when moving goods into, out of, or through the UK.
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration monitors and reports on the efficiency and effectiveness of the immigration, asylum, nationality and customs functions carried out by the Home Secretary and by officials and others on their behalf. The Chief...
How to notify the MHRA of your intention to carry out a clinical investigation for medical devices.
Find foreign airport codes, zones, and percentages on Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF).
Weights and Measures Act 1985 and subsequent Deregulation Order 1999 (as amended).
Comply with good manufacturing practice (GMP) and good distribution practice (GDP), and prepare for an inspection.
Events courses and programmes to develop skills, knowledge and networks for chief executive officers, deputy-CEOs and their equivalents in public service.
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
Forms, codes and procedures to use when importing or exporting goods. How to input data onto the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system.
Check a list of software developers who can provide Customs Declaration Service and Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) software.
Guidance to help UK administered aeroplane operators comply with the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
Use this service to apply for repayment of import duty and VAT that was overpaid using the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF).
Inspection reports by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI).
Find out how the ATA Carnet works, what to do at customs, and what happens if your goods are lost, destroyed or stolen.
Use form ALVS1 if the Automatic Licence Verification System cannot process an automatic release on CHIEF or the Customs Declaration Service.
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