Guidance

Excluded procedure codes when using simplified declarations for import in Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF)

Find out which customs procedure codes are limited for use or excluded from use when using simplified declarations for import using CHIEF.

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The Customs Declaration Service has replaced the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) for import declarations. Find out about Simplified procedures exclusion list of procedure and additional procedure codes for CDS.

Customs procedure codes – description Status
00 00 010 – C21 Excluded
00 00 011 – C21 Excluded
00 00 020 – C21 Excluded
00 00 040 – C21 Excluded
00 00 041 – C21 Excluded
00 00 042 – C21 Excluded
00 00 043 – C21 Excluded
00 02 090 – C21 Excluded
06 42 710 – OSR removals from customs warehouse (UCC precludes use of EIDR) Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
00 08 020 – C21 Excluded
00 09 034 – MoU operators only – temporary storage or low value Excluded
00 09 040 – C21 Excluded
00 09 090 – C21 Excluded
07 00 000 – Excise into warehouse Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
07 00 001 – Registered tobacco premises Excluded
07 40 000 – End-use goods entering excise warehouse Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
40 00 003 – BIRDS goods <£135 no import VAT or Customs Duty payable Excluded
40 00 009 – Diplomatic privileges – personal Excluded
40 00 010 – Visiting forces – personal Excluded
40 00 018 – Hydrocarbon oil Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. You must be specifically authorised by the supervising office (or officer) to use this customs procedure code for controlled goods when making simplified declaration procedure declarations.
40 00 019 – Official non-NATO use Excluded
40 00 028 – Goods imported to simplified end-use Excluded
40 00 029 – Goods imported to simplified end-use Excluded
40 00 034 – Visiting forces – personal Excluded
40 00 051 – Specific details notified to importers concerned Excluded
40 00 057 – Personal bulked – aggregate value under £630 Excluded
40 00 064 – Climate Change Levy Excluded
40 00 074 – Personal import – transport Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
40 00 602 – OGD goods films and tapes – partial or full SAD Excluded
40 00 C04 – Legacies – personal import Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
40 00 C08 – Personal Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
40 00 C15 – Lab animals Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
40 00 C19 – Personal pharmaceuticals Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
40 00 C27 – Personal import decorations/awards Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
40 00 C28 – Personal import of presented goods by EU residents returning from representative visit Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
40 00 C29 – Personal gifts Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
40 00 C33 – Goods for examination Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
40 00 C40 – OGD goods used to maintain renovate war cemeteries Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
40 51 005 – IPR suspension to end-use Excluded
40 51 006 – IPR suspension to end-use Excluded
40 51 007 – IPR suspension to end-use Excluded
40 53 000 – TA relief, goods being declared to free circulation and home use. Excluded if TA was authorisation by declaration
40 53 F41 – Goods entered under TA reliefs, sold and being released to free circulation and home use Excluded if TA was authorisation by declaration
40 71 000 – Manual declaration Excluded
40 71 002 – Warehouse removal using EIDR Customs procedure code cannot be used with the simplified declaration procedure.
40 71 004 – Other end-use removal from warehouse Customs procedure code cannot be used with the simplified declaration procedure.
40 71 005 – Military goods end-use removal from warehouse Customs procedure code cannot be used with the simplified declaration procedure.
40 71 009 – Warehouse removal diplomatic privilege – personal Excluded
40 71 010 – Visiting forces – personal Excluded
42 00 000 – Free circulation without payment for VAT for zero-rated onward supply Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
4271000 – Removals from customs warehouse onward supply Excluded
Any CPCs starting ‘43’ Excluded
49 00 003 – BIRDS goods <£135 no import VAT or Customs Duty payable Excluded
49 00 009 – Diplomatic privilege – personal Excluded
49 00 010 – Visiting forces – personal Excluded
49 00 034 – Visiting forces mail Excluded
49 00 052 – OGD special entry procedure Excluded
49 71 004 – Warehouse removal to returned goods relief or CSDR Customs procedure code cannot be used with the simplified declaration procedure.
49 00 C04 – Legacies from special territories – personal Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
49 00 C08 – Personal imports non-commercial low value Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
49 00 C15 – Imports from special territories of lab animals Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
49 00 C19 – Personal pharmaceuticals Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
49 00 C27 – Personal Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
49 00 C28 – Personal Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
49 00 C29 – Personal gifts Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
49 00 C40 – Goods for OGDs Excluded
51 00 001 – Inward processing suspension using a authorisation by declaration Excluded
51 00 003 – Inward processing suspension VAT only using authorisation by declaration Excluded
51 53 000 – Ex TA diversion Excluded
51 54 000 – Entered to inward processing suspension in another member state Excluded
51 54 001 – Entered to inward processing suspension in another member state now being entered to inward processing suspension using authorisation by declaration Excluded
51 54 A04 – Entered to inward processing suspension in another member state Excluded
51 71 001 – Customs warehousing to inward processing suspension authorisation by declaration Excluded
51 71 004 – Custom warehousing to inward processing suspension VAT only using authorisation by declaration Excluded
53 00 D01 – TA using authorisation by declaration – pallets Excluded
53 00 D02 – TA using authorisation by declaration – containers Excluded
53 00 D03 – TA using authorisation by declaration – means of transport Excluded
53 00 D04 – TA using authorisation by declaration – personal effects Excluded
53 00 D05 – TA using authorisation by declaration – welfare materials Excluded
53 00 D06 – TA using authorisation by declaration – disaster relief materials Excluded
53 00 D07 – TA using authorisation by declaration – medical, surgical equipment Excluded
53 00 D08 – TA using authorisation by declaration – animals Excluded
53 00 D09 – TA using authorisation by declaration – goods for frontier zones Excluded
53 00 D10 – TA using authorisation by declaration – sound image or data carrying media Excluded
53 00 D11 – TA using authorisation by declaration – publicity material Excluded
53 00 D12 – TA using authorisation by declaration – professional equipment Excluded
53 00 D13 – TA pedagogic material Excluded
53 00 D15 – TA using authorisation by declaration – empty packing Excluded
53 00 D16 – TA using authorisation by declaration – moulds, and so on Excluded
53 00 D17 – TA using authorisation by declaration – special tools and instruments Excluded
53 00 D18 – TA using authorisation by declaration goods for test or used for tests, and so on Excluded
53 00 D19 – TA using authorisation by declaration goods subject to acceptance tests Excluded
53 00 D20 – TA using authorisation by declaration – used to carry out tests, experiments or demonstrations Excluded
53 00 D21 – TA using authorisation by declaration – samples Excluded
53 00 D22 – TA using authorisation by declaration – replacement means of production Excluded
53 00 D23 – TA using authorisation by declaration – goods for exhibition Excluded
53 00 D24 – TA using authorisation by declaration – goods for approval Excluded
53 00 D25 – TA using authorisation by declaration – works of art, and so on Excluded
53 00 D26 – TA using authorisation by declaration – goods for sale by auction Excluded
53 00 D27 – TA using authorisation by declaration – spare parts, accessories Excluded
53 00 D28 – TA using authorisation by declaration – value of goods less than €4,000 Excluded
53 00 D29 – TA using authorisation by declaration – value of goods less than €4,000 Excluded
53 00 003 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only Excluded
53 00 004 – TA import VAT only – private or commercial transport Excluded
53 00 005 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only – dyes, blocks, and so on Excluded
53 00 006 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only – special tools, and so on Excluded
53 00 007 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only – subject to satisfactory acceptance tests Excluded
53 00 008 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only – replacement means of production Excluded
53 00 009 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only – goods for approval Excluded
53 00 010 – TA simplified authorisation – relief from import VAT Excluded
53 51 000 – Inward processing suspension to TA Excluded
53 71 002 – Customs warehousing to TA using authorisation by declaration Excluded
53 71 003 – Customs warehousing import VAT only to TA using authorisation by declaration Excluded
53 71 004 – Works of art from customs warehousing import VAT only to TA using authorisation by declaration Excluded
53 71 005 – Goods (other than newly manufactured) from customs warehousing import VAT only to TA using authorisation by declaration with view to sale at auction Excluded
53 71 D25 – Works of art from customs warehousing (Customs Duty and import VAT) to TA using authorisation by declaration Excluded
53 71 D26 – Goods, other than newly manufactured goods, from customs warehousing to TA using authorisation by declaration with view to sale at auction Excluded
53 78 002 – Free zone goods to TA using authorisation by declaration Excluded
53 78 003 – Free zone goods VAT declared to TA using authorisation by declaration Excluded
53 78 004 – Free zone VAT only to TA using authorisation by declaration works of art Excluded
53 78 005 – Free zone goods VAT only to TA using authorisation by declaration other than newly manufactured Excluded
53 78 D25 – Free zone to TA using authorisation by declaration – works of art Excluded
53 78 D26 – Goods, other than newly manufactured goods, from free zone to TA using authorisation by declaration with view to sale at auction Excluded
61 00 000 – Personal Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure.
61 21 001 – OPR goods using the simplified repair system Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
61 21 007 – OPR goods from customs warehousing to free circulation Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
61 23 F01 – Re-imported goods where returned goods relief is being claimed Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records for excise goods.
68 00 F01 – Re-imported excise goods to warehousing where returned goods relief is being claimed Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
68 23 F01 – Excise goods where returned goods relief is being claimed Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records.
71 51 000/A04 – Inward processing suspension to customs warehousing Excluded if Inward processing is authorisation by declaration
71 53 000 – Ex TA to warehouse Excluded
71 54 000 – Entered to Inward processing in another member state Excluded
71 71 000 – Customs warehousing to another customs warehouse authorisation holder Customs procedure code cannot be used with the simplified declaration procedure.
Published 23 June 2017
Last updated 16 April 2021 + show all updates
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