Guidance

Export item report description

Published 13 November 2025

This table lists the fields that appear in an export item report, and describes what each field means. The fields are listed in alphabetical order.

Declarant name and postcode fields are not a mandatory requirement. However, if these fields were filled in on the declaration, we’ll also provide this data in the report.

Fields A to F

Field Name	Description
Additional Procedure Code	If more than one CPC has been used on the declaration.
AG code	Second part (3 digits) of the agent’s EORI number identifying a branch registration of a parent company. Where a branch registration has not been entered this field will contain zeros or spaces.
Agent EORI	The EORI of the agent authorised by the Exporter or Consignor to act as the representative for the consignment and to ‘declare the goods’ on the export entry.
BR code	Second part (3 digits) of the Exporter’s EORI number identifying a branch registration of a parent company. Where a branch registration has not been entered this field will contain zeros or spaces.
Commodity code	A 10-digit commodity code that identifies the type of goods according to the HMRC Tariff.
Consignee	Textual data comprising the first 18 characters of the Consignee’s name as input to the Customs Declaration Service.
Country of Destination	The two-digit code that represents the country that is the ultimate destination of the goods.
CPC	Customs Procedure Code declared on a declaration to identify the customs or excise regimes which goods are being entered into or removed from.
Declarant	This can be the Exporter if the declaration is submitted by the exporter.
Declaration Category	Type of Declaration
Declarant Name	The name of the person who submitted the declaration
Declarant EORI	This can be the Exporter if the declaration is submitted by the exporter.
Declarant Postcode	The Postcode of the Declarant.
Declarant reference	This is a reference assigned by the declarant for the goods covered by the declaration.
Declarant’s reference number	Trader’s own declaration reference.
Declaration Data Source	Source system where the data is mastered.
Declaration Part Number	Optionally completed when more than one declaration is made to cover the goods identified by the same DUCR.
Document Code	Additional information documents produced certificates and authorisations.
Document Reference	Additional information documents.
DUCR	Declaration Unique Consignment Reference Number — Reference assigned by the declarant for the goods covered by the declaration.
Entry date	Date and time at which the declaration was officially received by customs.
Entry Number/MRN	ID of the declaration assigned by Customs being a specific customs ID or a Movement Reference Number (MRN).
Entry Processing Unit Number	The 3-digit code representing the Entry Processing Unit identity. (CHIEF only).
Exporter EORI	Exporter’s identification number.
Exporter Name	Exporter’s name.
Entry Identifier	ID of the declaration assigned by customs.
Entry Type	A one alpha character indicating the Entry Type. ‘X’ indicates a full Declaration ‘D’ a Simplified Procedures pre-shipment advice and ‘Z’ a Simplified Procedures Supplementary Declaration.

Fields G to L

Field Name	Description
Goods Departure Date	The date in which the goods depart the UK.
Importer name	Name of the party (last name if the party is a person).
Item number	The number of the Item to which the report line refers. There can be up to 99 items per declaration.
Location of goods	The code for the place where the declaration was presented.

Fields M to R

Field Name	Description
Net mass	Weight of the item in kilograms excluding packaging.
Permission to Progress Date	This is the date that Permission to Progress (P2P) was given by Customs. P2P does not provide confirmation that export of the goods has taken place.
Premise ID	The identification of the customs warehouse as assigned by the customs agency under which jurisdiction it is falls.
Representative EORI	Representative’s EORI.
Representative Name	Representative’s name.

Fields S to Z

Field Name	Description
Statistical value	The Statistical Value of the goods converted to sterling.
Statistical value declared	The Statistical Value of the goods in the currency declared — if blank assume sterling (GBP).
Supplementary units	The commodity code may require a second declaration quantity. If it does it can be pairs items litres dozens and so forth.