UK Trade Tariff: additional information codes for harmonised declarations
Updated 28 February 2018
If you are making a declaration using the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) follow the guidance in the UK Trade Tariff: volume 3 for CDS.
1. Codes devised by the European Commission
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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00100 | Both | Item | Application on the declaration for authorisation for a Customs procedure with Economic impact | ‘Simplified authorisation’ |
00200 | Both | Header | Several exporters (box 2) or consignees (box 8) | ‘Other’ |
00300 | Both | Header | Identity between declarant and consignor (box 14) | ‘Consignor’ |
00400 | Both | Header | Identity between declarant and exporter (box 14) | ‘Exporter’ |
00500 | Both | Header | Identity between declarant and consignee (box 14) | ‘Consignee’ |
10100 | Import | Item | Temporarily suspension of autonomous duties, (2nd paragraph 1 of Regulation 1147/2002) | ‘Import with airworthiness certificate’ |
10200 | Both | Item | Discharge of inward processing (suspension system) | ‘IP/S goods’ |
10300 | Import | Item | Discharge of inward processing (suspension system) (specific commercial policy measures) | ‘IP/S goods, Commercial policy’ |
10400 | Both | Item | Discharge of inward processing (drawback) | ‘IP/D goods’ |
10500 | Import | Item | Temporary admission | ‘TA goods’ |
30100 | Export | Item | Incomplete export declaration | ‘Simplified exportation’ |
30200 | Export | Item | Local Clearance Procedure/Simplified Declaration Procedure | ‘Simplified exportation’ |
30300 | Export | Item | Export of agricultural goods subject to end-use | Article 298 Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 End-use: Goods destined for exportation - agricultural refunds not applicable |
2. Economic Operator Registration Identification (EORI)
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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BRnnn (001-999) | Both | Header | To be used in box 44. BR code + 3 digit number selected by the importer/exporter to indicate branch/division. For example, BR001, BR073 |
A free monthly MSS header level report is available. Limited data is available on the report. Traders must apply to the MSS team for these reports |
Agnnn (001-999) | Both | Header | To be used in box 44. AG code + 3 digit number selected by the agent to indicate branch/division. For example, AG002, AG036 |
A free monthly MSS header level report is available. Limited data is available on the report. Traders must apply to the MSS team for these reports |
3. Bulk consignments
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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BULKD | Import | Item | Bulking of consignments of documents, refer to import prohibitions and restrictions and relevant import custom procedure codes (CPCs). LVBI - Enter LVBI approval number Declare the Manifest Reference as a ‘Previous Document in box 40 Declare the number of packages in box 31 |
Bulkd, NE pounds sterling 18, Total Value (enter amount in pounds sterling) |
4. Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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CAP01 | Import | Item | I certify that these eggs will be marketed unaltered immediately after importation | |
CAP02 | Import | Item | I declare that the goods imported into this entry contain no sugar other than that naturally occurring in the goods | |
CAP03 | Import | Item | We declare that all the goods covered by this entry will be weighed and sampled at… under the supervision of the Sugar Association of London/Lancashire/Greenock and we request acceptance of Sugar Association weights and polarisations. We undertake to give notice to the proper HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officer before weighing and sampling is commenced and to furnish with all despatch an account by the Sugar Association showing the weights and polarisations of the goods imported | Enter the required location |
CAP04 | Import | Item | Olive oil content doesn’t exceed 3% | |
CAP05 | Import | Item | Goods subject to safeguard charge - invoice unit price used | |
CAP06 | Import | Item | Goods subject to safeguard charge - reference price used | |
CAP09 | Import | Item | I declare that the banana weighing certificates, required in accordance with EC Regulation 2454/93 290c, are attached. The certificate numbers are as follows… | Enter the relevant certificate numbers |
CAP10 | Both | Item | If selected for a physical examination, a substitution check or a conformity check, I don’t wish to attend or have a sample taken on my behalf. Please proceed with the examination and notify me that it has taken place, and if a sample has been taken | Enter contact details of an authorised person whom HMRC can contact for further information if an examination takes place out of normal office hours or at a weekend. This can include any or all of the following: name, phone number, fax number, email address. If you don’t wish to provide contact details (which is optional), you must enter NIL against this AI statement code |
CAP11 | Both | Item | These goods are being imported or exported either with a CAP paper licence, or without any licence. Authentication of a copy of the declaration is required, under Regulation 1301/2006 article 5, to support an application for an Import Tariff Quota licence | |
CAP29 | Import | Item | Peas, lupin seeds to be placed under control |
5. CAP refund claim statements
For defining the disposal route for a CAP export refund claim in the format CXRnn where ‘nn’ is the disposal route.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) may require other documents to be declared.
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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CXR01 | Export | Item | Goods exported directly from the UK to a non-member country | |
CXR02 | Export | Item | Goods left the UK for export from the Community in transit via another member state - T5 required Declare the T5 reference using document code N823 |
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CXR03 | Export | Item | Goods transhipped in the UK or another member state before export from the European Union (EU) | |
CXR06 | Export | Item | Goods delivered in UK to a victualling warehouse | |
CXR07 | Export | Item | Goods delivered in UK to an entitled destination | |
CXR08 | Export | Item | Goods exported directly from the UK to an entitled destination in a non-member country | |
CXR09 | Export | Item | Goods left the UK for delivery to an entitled destination in another member state - T5 required Declare the T5 reference using document code N823 |
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CXR10 | Export | Item | Goods transhipped in the UK or another member state before export to an entitled destination in a non-member country | |
CXR11 | Export | Item | Goods left the UK for delivery to an entitled destination in a non- member country in transit via another member state - T5 required Declare the T5 reference using document code N823 |
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CXR12 | Export | Item | Goods left the UK for direct delivery to an entitled destination in another member state |
6. Inward processing economic statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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ECO01 | Import | Item | The processing of goods not listed in Annex 71-02 to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 | Goods of any kind |
ECO02 | Import | Item | Repair | Goods of any kind |
ECO03 | Import | Item | Processing of goods directly or indirectly put at the disposal of the holder of the authorisation, carried out according to specifications on behalf of a person established outside of the customs territory of the Union, generally against payment of processing costs alone | Goods of any kind |
ECO04 | Import | Item | The processing of durum wheat into pasta | Goods of any kind |
ECO05 | Import | Item | The placing of goods under inward processing within the limits of the quantity determined on the basis of a balance in accordance with Article 18 | Goods of any kind |
ECO06 | Import | Item | the processing of goods which are listed in Annex 71-02 to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, in case of unavailability of goods produced in the Union sharing the same 8-digit Combined Nomenclature code, the same commercial quality and technical characteristics as the goods intended to be imported for the processing operations envisaged | Goods of any kind |
ECO07 | Import | Item | The processing of goods which are listed in Annex 71-02 to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, provided there are differences in price between goods produced in the Union and those intended to be imported, where comparable goods can’t be used because their price wouldn’t make the proposed commercial operation economically viable | Goods of any kind |
ECO08 | Import | Item | The processing of goods which are listed in Annex 71-02 to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, provided there are contractual obligations, where comparable goods don’t conform to the contractual requirements of the third-country purchaser of the processed products, or where, in accordance with the contract, the processed products must be obtained from the goods intended to be placed under inward processing in order to comply with provisions concerning the protection of industrial or commercial property rights | Goods of any kind |
ECO09 | Import | Item | The processing of goods which are listed in Annex 71-02 to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, provided the aggregate value of the goods to be placed under the inward processing procedure per applicant and calendar year for each eight-digit Combined Nomenclature code doesn’t exceed €150,000 | Goods covered by Article 551(1), second indent (that is goods which have to undergo operations to ensure their compliance with technical requirements for their release for free circulation) |
ECO10 | Import | Item | The processing of goods to ensure their compliance with technical requirements for their release for free circulation | Goods of any kind not subject to an agricultural or commercial policy measure, or provisional or definitive anti-dumping, or provisional or definitive countervailing duty |
ECO11 | Import | Item | The processing of goods of a non-commercial nature | Any electronics type of components, parts, assemblies (including sub-assemblies), or materials (whether or not electronic), which are vital to the electronic working performance of the processed product |
ECO12 | Import | Item | The processing of goods obtained under a previous authorisation, the issuing of which was subject to an examination of the economic conditions | One of the following: • solid fractions of palm oil falling within CN code 1511 90 19 • fluid fractions of palm oil falling within CN code 1511 90 9 • coconut oil falling within CN code 1513 11 10 • fluid fractions of coconut oil falling within CN code ex 1513 19 30 • palm kernel oil falling within CN code 1513 21 11 • fluid fractions of palm kernel oil falling within CN code ex 1513 29, 30 • babassu oil falling within CN code 1513 21 19 |
ECO13 | Import | Item | The processing of solid and fluid fractions of palm oil, coconut oil, fluid fractions of coconut oil, palm kernel oil, fluid fractions of palm kernel oil, babassu oil or castor oil into products which aren’t destined for the food sector | Castor oil falling within CN code 1515 30 90 |
ECO14 | Import | Item | The processing into products to be incorporated in or used for civil aircraft for which an airworthiness certificate has been issued | Goods of any kind |
ECO15 | Import | Item | The processing into products benefiting from the autonomous suspension of import duty on certain weapons and military equipment in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 150/2003 | |
ECO16 | Import | Item | The processing of goods into samples | Products falling within CN codes 2707 10, 2707 20, 2707 30, 2707 50, 2707 91 00, 2707 99 30, 2707 99 91, 2707 99 99 and 2710 00 |
ECO17 | Import | Item | The processing of any electronic type of components, parts, assemblies or any other materials into information technology products | |
ECO18 | Import | Item | The processing of goods falling within Combined Nomenclature codes 2707 or 2710 into products falling within Combined Nomenclature codes 2707, 2710 or 2902 | |
ECO19 | Import | Item | The reduction to waste and scrap, destruction, recovery of parts or components | PVC material falling within CN code 3921 90 60 |
ECO20 | Import | Item | Denaturing | Goods of any kind |
ECO21 | Import | Item | Usual forms of handling referred to in Article 220 of the Code | Motor chassis fitted with cabs, of CN code 8704 21 31 |
ECO22 | Import | Item | The aggregate value of goods to be placed under the inward processing procedure per applicant and calendar year for each eight-digit Combined Nomenclature code doesn’t exceed €150,000 with regard to goods which are covered by Annex 71-02 to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 and €300,000 for other goods, except where the goods intended to be placed under the inward-processing procedure would be subject to a provisional or definitive anti-dumping duty, a countervailing duty, a safeguard measure or an additional duty resulting from a suspension of concessions if they were declared for release for free circulation. |
7. Customs Freight Simplified Procedures (CFSP): Final Supplementary Declaration (FSD) statement
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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FINSD | Import | Item | CFSP FSD statement of the number of import and warehouse supplementary declarations due for the reporting period and the number actually submitted; and if appropriate how many were submitted in respect of previous periods | Enter the number of supplementary declarations (excluding FSDs) due for the reporting period and the number actually submitted, for example, if 48 were due but only 45 submitted, insert ‘45/48’. These figures should be separated into supplementary declaration types to differentiate between import and/or removal from warehouse declarations, for example, ‘SDI = 45/48, SDW = 20/20’ Both SDI and SDW statements must be included Where supplementary declarations were also submitted in respect of previous periods insert on the same line the relevant period and number transmitted, for example, if 4 (late) July 2005 supplementary declarations imports were transmitted insert: ‘7/05 = SDI 4’ This declaration would read SDI = 45/48, SDW = 20/20 7/05 = SDI 4 If no supplementary declarations were submitted during the reporting period enter SDI = 0/0, SDW = 0/0 |
8. CCS-UK export procedures for fallback
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text[^1] |
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FBK01 | Export | Header | For use by Type 1 agents only in the event of Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) failure and invocation of CCS-UK fallback procedures. For indirect exports leave box 29 empty and revert to paper C88/SAD copy 3 in place of electronic EAD | CCS-UK CHIEF fallback Type 1 agent (insert Customs Authorisation Number as allocated by NCH where applicable) |
FBK02 | Export | Header | For use by Type 2 agents only in the event of CHIEF failure and invocation of CCS-UK fallback procedures. For indirect exports leave box 29 empty and revert to paper C88/SAD copy 3 in place of electronic EAD | CCS-UK CHIEF fallback Type 2 agent (insert Customs Authorisation Number as allocated by NCH where applicable) |
FBK03 | Import | Header | For use by Type 2 agents only in the event of CHIEF failure and invocation of CCS-UK fallback procedures | CCS-UK CHIEF fallback Type 2 agent |
9. Government contractor statement
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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GCONT | Import | Header | To declare a Government Contractor on import declarations identified by UK EORI number (not prefixed with ‘GB’) This AI code is only to be used for identifying the data on a paper SAD. CHIEF data is submitted in a specific EDI data element or screen field (see section 4B.2, box 44) |
Enter the appropriate UK EORI number |
10. General statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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GEN01 | Export | Item | Duty Relief claimed on basis of INF1 | |
GEN02 | Export | Item | Relief not claimed on the basis of INF1 | |
GEN03 | Import | Item | Relief claimed under Returned Goods Relief. Waiver of time limit claimed | |
GEN04 | Import | Item | Entered under the single rate entry procedure set out in Notice 200 | |
GEN06 | Import | Item | Biological Sample imported under the arrangements of BO42324/53. Only to be opened under MOD (PE supervision) | |
GEN08 | Import | Item | This importation of scrap metal is for smelting only | |
GEN09 | Import | Item | Total dry extract doesn’t exceed the permitted quantity | |
GEN10 | Import | Item | I/We request delivery on deposit under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 section 119 and Tariff Notes Chapter 7 special directive 4 pending determination of the quantity on which duty is to be charged | |
GEN11 | Import | Item | Trailer imported under the terms of our general undertaking dated | Enter the date of the general undertaking |
GEN13 | Import | Item | NIRU certificate/approval letter | Enter the NIRU certificate/approval letter serial number |
GEN14 | Import | Item | Supporting evidence for UN goods is attached | |
GEN15 | Import | Item | Decorations and awards - evidence concerning award attached or declaration has been made on form C920 | |
GEN16 | Import | Item | Goods for test -approval note from NIRU attached | Enter the month and year tests expected to be completed, for example, 01/06 |
GEN17 | Import | Item | For use with CPCs 40 71 006/49 71 004 | Enter: Relief claimed under CPC… CPCs 40 00 065, 40 00 200, 40 71 065 and 61 21 001 aren’t eligible to use this CPC |
GEN18 | Import | Item | CCL DEFRA facility | Enter the appropriate CCL DEFRA facility number… |
GEN19 | Import | Item | Relief claimed under Article 123 Council regulation 2913/93 | |
GEN21 | Import | Item | Authorisation holder - enter the name and address of the person who will be using the goods or is responsible for arranging for the goods to be used on their behalf, if other than named in box 8 of the entry declaration | Enter the appropriate name and address details (if required) |
GEN22 | Import | Item | Authorisation holder - enter the name and address of the approved state body/organisation who will be using the goods or is responsible for arranging for the goods to be used on their behalf, if other than named in box 8 of the entry declaration | Enter the appropriate name and address details (if required) |
GEN23 | Import | Item | Authorisation holder - enter the name and address of the responsible person at the hospital/medical institution who will be using the goods or is responsible for arranging for the goods to be used on their behalf, if other than named in box 8 of the entry declaration | Enter the appropriate name and address details (if required) |
GEN24 | Import | Item | Authorisation holder - enter the name and address of the public or private scientific, teaching or vocational training establishment who will be using the goods or is responsible for arranging for the goods to be used on their behalf, if other than named in box 8 of the entry declaration | Enter the appropriate name and address details (if required) |
GEN25 | Import | Item | Authorisation holder - enter the name and address of the EC manufacturer who will be using the special tools/instruments to manufacture goods or is responsible for arranging for their use in manufacturing goods on their behalf, if other than named in box 8 of the entry declaration | Enter the appropriate name and address details (if required) |
GEN26 | Import | Item | Authorisation holder - enter the name and address of the prospective buyer of the goods stated in box 31 if other than stated in box 8 of the entry declaration | Enter the appropriate name and address details (if required) |
GEN27 | Import | Item | Enter the name and address of the person who will use the goods if other than the authorisation holder | Enter the appropriate name and address details (if required) |
GEN28 | Import | Item | State how long the goods described in box 31 of the entry declaration will be used and the intended date for re-exportation | Enter the details required |
GEN29 | Import | Item | State ‘Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93’ and add the Temporary Admission Article under which relief is claimed | Enter the details required |
GEN30 | Import | Item | State the purpose of the importation including the sequence and locations where the goods described in box 31 of the entry declaration are to be used | Enter the details required |
GEN31 | Import | Item | Enter the name and address of the non EC owner of the goods described in box 31 of the entry declaration and what evidence of ownership is held | Enter the details required |
GEN32 | Import | Item | State what goods will be manufactured using the goods described in box 31 of the entry declaration | Enter the details required |
GEN33 | Import | Item | State when and where the exhibition/event will take place and the intended date of re-export | Enter the details required |
GEN34 | Import | Item | State when and where the goods described in box 31 will be exhibited/auctioned | Enter the details required |
GEN35 | Import | Item | State the entry declaration for the goods entered to Temporary Admission (TA) on which the goods identified in box 31 are to be used | Enter the details required |
GEN36 | Import | Item | Identify what condition(s) and/or requirements of the available Temporary Admission (stating where possible the most relevant TA relief CPC number) aren’t met. For example: ‘Owner not established outside the EU’; ‘User not established outside the EU’; or ‘Use of and/or type of goods not covered by other TA relief CPCs’ | Enter the details required |
GEN37 | Import | Item | State the date and the entry declaration number when the goods were first entered to Temporary Admission | Enter the details required |
GEN38 | Export | Item | Details of authorisation for PCC | Enter the PCC authorisation number in the format PCnnnn/nnn/nn and details of the supervising office which has approved the export of the processed products |
GEN39 | Export | Item | Means of identifying the exported goods in the imported compensating products | Enter the details for identifying the exported goods as agreed in the authorisation |
GEN40 | Export | Item | Claimants for hydrocarbon oil shipped as stores and who operate the netting scheme (section 12 of Notice 179) are to enter ‘Drawback Scheduler’ Drawback Schedulers aren’t required to present a control copy 1 of the SAD to HMRC at the port |
Enter ‘Drawback Scheduler’ |
GEN41 | To be advised | |||
GEN42 | To be advised | |||
GEN43 | Import | Both | ESA scientific apparatus under the arrangements of PRIV 4/15/6 | Only to be opened by arrangement with the consignee or their authorised agent |
GEN44 | Import | Both | PRIV33/BAS/381 | PRIV 33/BAS/381 |
GEN45 | Both | Item | Details as indicated by CPC Notes / Specific Instructions | Enter additional text required as indicated by relevant CPC/specific instructions |
GEN46 | Import | Header | For CFSP purposes. To be completed when a sub-agent, acting as a direct representative (DR), is entering the declaration (see box 14) For LVBI, to be completed with declarants EORI number when LVBI authorised entity EORI number is entered in box 14 |
For CFSP: Enter DR (and the DRs identity), for example, DR GB 123456789000 For LVBI: Enter type of representation, for example, IR (Indirect representation) |
GEN47 | Import | Item | Place where goods are to be put to the prescribed end use | If the place where the goods are to be processed is different from the consignees address enter name and address details as a GEN 47 AI Statement |
GEN48 | Import | Item | Description of process, processed goods and the commodity code(s) if processing is a criteria for using the relevant commodity code | Enter a brief description of the process, processed goods and the commodity code(s) of the processed goods as a GEN48 AI Statement |
GEN49 | Import | Item | Third quantity for Bioethanol content (tonnes). UNOQ Code = 115 | Enter the proportion in the blend, by weight (tonnes), of the total content of ethyl alcohol produced from agricultural products (as listed in the Treaty on the function of the EU (Bioethanol content) |
GEN50 | Export | Item | Ex work contract exports: Enter the name and address of the non EU overseas buyer where goods are sold under an ex works contract for export | Enter the appropriate name and address details |
GEN51 | Import | Item | AEO/ETSF authorisation/approval holders may move goods entered to CHIEF at the frontier to an ETSF for examination, only with Border Force authority | Enter the ETSF shed code and the AEO authorisation number |
GEN52 | Import | Item | Community system of Duty reliefs CSDR Giveaways | Enter the name, address, postcode and date of the event as a GEN 52 statement in box 44 |
GMSPR | Import | Item | General Marketing Standard (GMS) Products either processed, prepared or being imported for Processing |
11. Guarantor statement
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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GRNTR | Both | Item | Guarantee details for goods requiring a guarantee, except for exports of excise products under LCP/CSE (see code EXGTE) | Enter the guarantee reference number |
EXGTE | Export | Header | For the direct exportation of excise goods using the simplified procedures under Regulation 63A of the Excise Goods (Holding, Movement and Duty Point) Regulations 2010 (HMDP). Guarantee details for exports of excise products using Local Clearance Procedure (LCP) or Customs Supervised Exports (CSE) | Enter the excise guarantee reference number or the name and address of the guarantor |
12. Item request statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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IRQ02 | Export | Item | To request that UK export documents, required by other countries, be endorsed by UK Customs. The relevant Documents must be declared in box 44, with status ‘AC’ | |
IRQ0A | Import | Item | Request for Delivery Verification Certificate and/or International Information Document | |
IRQ0B | Both | Item | Request for either: • certified declaration export control document • C1314 to support claim for repayment from the RPA of export levy • certification by Customs on form C&E1154 when required for submission to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) |
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IRQ0C | Import | Item | Request for goods entered for warehousing to be removed for examination at warehouse. This shouldn’t be used for a Customs warehouse | |
IRQ0D | Import | Item | I/We request delivery on deposit of duty under section 119 of the Customs and Excise management Act 1979, in view of the attached undertaking on form C&E894 | |
IRQ0E | Import | Item | Request for certification of additional copy invoices for butter/cheese from Holland | |
IRQ0F | Both | Item | Request for certification of attached End Use/Destination control copy T5 | |
IRQ0G | Import | Item | Request for return of CT receipt | |
IRQ0H | Import | Item | Request for release of goods with disputed classification against security | |
IRQ0S | Export | Item | Request for a laboratory analysis to be carried out in respect of processed CAP goods of variable composition, referred to in EC Regulation 1043/05 Article 51 and Annex IV, and List E of RPA External Trade leaflet ET 17 (section A - Declaration based on an analysis result) | |
LIC99 | Both | Item | To declare that goods aren’t subject to any licences other than those declared See Export and Import box 44 Licences section in respect of circumstances where some goods covered by the declared commodity code require a licence and others don’t (ex- heading) |
13. Main compensating product statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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MCP01 | Import | Item | Same as import goods | |
MCP02 | Import | Item | Change of 8 digit CN code | Input the 8 digit commodity code immediately after the AI code |
14. Merchandise in baggage (MIB) statement
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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MIB01 | Both | Header | To declare commercial goods carried by passengers in accompanied baggage or in private vehicles for trade or business use |
15. CFSP statement: non-controlled goods
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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NCGDS | Import | Item | Permissible on CFSP SFDs for non-controlled goods only. Full licensing declaration to be provided on the supplementary declaration (SDI/SDW) |
16. RGR export pallets and containers statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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PAL05 | Import | Item | I declare that the pallets or containers being re-imported/used to import the goods specified on this entry from (foreign consignors name) on… were previously in free circulation in the EU: • are owned by the importer • being returned within 3 years of the original export • being returned to the importers who or on whose behalf they were previously exported for import free of duty • being returned to the imprters who originally declared the goods to export for import free of VAT That the VAT and any customs duty previously chargeable on the pallets or containers or material used in their manufacture has been accounted for and not later refunded. I request that the pallets or containers are admitted free of duty/VAT dependant on who originally exported the goods (see Notice 236 for differing eligibility requirements regarding eligibility for VAT and duty relief) |
Enter the consignor name and date |
PAL12 | Import | Item | I declare that the pallets or containers being exported/used to export the goods specified on this entry are intended to be re-imported as returned goods (see Notice 236 for differing eligibility requirements regarding VAT and duty relief) | Enter the consignor name and date |
17. Temporary admission: import - non-EC packings, pallets or containers statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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PAL01 | Import | Item | I declare that packings being imported/used to import the goods specified on this entry are eligible for relief under Temporary Admission under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 Article 571 (see Notice 200) | |
PAL02 | Import | Item | I declare that pallets being imported/used to import the goods specified on this entry are eligible for relief under Temporary Admission under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 Article 556 (see Notice 306) | |
PAL03 | Import | Item | I declare that the container(s) being imported/used to import the goods specified on this entry eligible for relief under Temporary Admission under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 Article 557 (see Notice 306) |
18. Temporary admission: re-export of non-EC packings, loaded pallets or loaded containers statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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PAL06 | Export | Item | I declare that packings being re-exported/used to export the goods specified on this entry were previously entered to Temporary Admission under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 Article 571 (see Notice 200) | |
PAL07 | Export | Item | I declare that pallets being re-exported/used to export the goods specified on this entry were previously entered to Temporary Admission under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 Article 556 (see Notice 306) | |
PAL08 | Export | Item | I declare that the container(s) being re-exported/used to export the goods specified on this entry were previously entered to Temporary Admission under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 Article 557 (see Notice 306) |
19. Prohibitions and restrictions statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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PAR01 | Import | Item | The entered goods (falling outside Tariff headings 05.07 and 96.01) incorporate ivory or tortoise shell | |
PAR03 | Import | Item | I declare that the species being imported, or from which the imported goods derive, aren’t restricted under the EC CITES Regulations and aren’t skins derived from Harp or Hooded seal pups | |
PAR06 | Import | Item | Any imitation coin in this consignment is for smelting only. I request release under section 119 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 without payment of duty, under the importers general undertaking: TN Addendum B, paragraph 6 | |
PAR07 | Import | Item | Any imitation coin in this consignment is for smelting only. I request release under section 119 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 without payment of duty, imported under Treasury Direction - BO 28861/69 | |
PAR09 | Import | Item | Declaration that horse isn’t docked | |
PAR10 | Import | Item | This consignment contains produce of phytosanitary relevance | |
PAR11 | Import | Item | The wood in this consignment has been treated to a temperature of 176 degrees centigrade for 20 minutes |
20. Prefinance claim statement
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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PFCLM | Export | Item | To be used with an Export Verification Claim to identify the related prefinance claims | Enter details of the related claims |
21. Inward/outward processing relief/processing under customs control - throughput period statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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POD06 | Both | Item | Throughput period | You are permitted a standard period of up to 6 months. If you’re likely to exceed this period you must inform NIRU and ask for an extension |
POD07- POD24 | Both | Item | Period greater than 6 months up to a maximum of 24 months - input the appropriate number of months as respective code 07 to 24 |
22. Location of premises statement
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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PREMS | Both | Header | The location of the premises where the goods can be examined CHIEF data is submitted in specific EDI data elements or screen fields. The actual ‘PREMS’ AI code is only to be used for identifying the data on a paper SAD For goods imported under commodity code 3604 enter, at header level, the name of the person who is to store the goods and the address of the premises where the goods will be stored immediately following importation. Add the declaration item number of the goods after the name of the premises, that is, Premises Name (item 2) Also enter AI statement GEN45, at item level, with permit number, name and phone number of emergency contact |
Enter the full name and address of the premises. The CHIEF data elements are: •name •street •city •postcode •country |
23. Inward processing/type of process statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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PRO01 | Import | Item | Manufacture or process of Alcoholic goods | |
PRO02 | Import | Item | Manufacture or process of Tobacco goods | |
PRO03 | Import | Item | Manufacture or process of Chemicals and pharmaceuticals | |
PRO04 | Import | Item | Manufacture or process of Motor vehicles and parts | |
PRO05 | Import | Item | Manufacture or process of Maritime vessels and parts | |
PRO06 | Import | Item | Manufacture or process of Aircraft satellites and parts | |
PRO07 | Import | Item | Manufacture or process of Other industrial goods | |
PRO08 | Import | Item | Manufacture or process of Milk and milk products | |
PRO09 | Import | Item | Manufacture or process of Sugar and sugar products | |
PRO10 | Import | Item | Manufacture or process of Other agricultural goods | |
PRO11-13 | Import | Item | End-use Relief - type of process statement to cover PRO11-13 nature of end-use | Enter one of the following codes • PRO11-Civil Aircraft • PRO12-Aircraft Engines • PRO13-Any other goods imported occasionally (no more than 3 times per annum) |
24. Registered consignee statement
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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RCONE | Import | Header | To declare a Registered Consignee on import declarations identified by UK EORI number (not prefixed with ‘GB’) This AI code is only to be used for identifying the data on a paper SAD CHIEF data is submitted in a specific EDI data element or screen field |
Enter the appropriate UK EORI number |
RCONR | Export | Header | To declare a Registered Consignor on export declarations identified by UK EORI number (note not prefixed with ‘GB’) This AI code is only to be used for identifying the data on a Paper SAD CHIEF data is submitted in a specific EDI data element or screen field |
Enter the appropriate UK EORI number |
25. Revenue duties statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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REV01 | Import | Item | The above-entered consignment of aviation gasoline will be delivered to name and address solely for use or supply as aircraft fuel | Enter the relevant name and address details |
REV02 | Import | Item | The above-entered consignment of light oil will be delivered direct to name and address for use as furnace fuel under furnace operator’s approval number and that the oil has been marked abroad to conform to the marking provisions of the current UK Hydrocarbon Oil Regulations | Enter the relevant name and address details |
REV03 | Import | Item | The above-entered consignment of light oil will be delivered direct to name and address for use as furnace fuel under furnace operator’s approval number and that the oil is eligible for delivery unmarked under the consignee’s HM Revenue and Customs waiver authority number | Enter the relevant name and address details |
REV04 | Import | Item | The above-entered consignment of unmarked aviation turbine kerosene will be delivered under DEF.STAN conditions to name and address for use or supply as fuel for aircraft engines | Enter the relevant name and address details |
REV05 | Import | Item | The above-entered consignment of/containing kerosene/gas oil has been marked abroad to conform to the marking provisions of the current UK Hydrocarbon Oil Regulations | |
REV06 | Import | Item | The above-entered consignment of/containing unmarked kerosene/gas oil is in closed containers not exceeding 25 litres capacity and isn’t for use as road fuel additive or substitute | |
REV08 | Import | Item | The above-entered consignment of unmarked kerosene/gas oil either: • will be delivered direct to name and address for approved use or supply under the consignee’s HMRC marking waiver authority number • is eligible for importation under the importer’s HMRC marking waiver authority number |
Enter the relevant name and address details and/or waiver authority number, as appropriate |
REV09 | Import | Item | Consignment of road fuel additive containing unmarked kerosene/gas oil packaged for addition to road fuel in a proportion not greater than 1 part/100. In this context, road fuel means any substance commonly added to DERV or motor spirit to improve its quality or characteristics as a fuel, but not intended to act simply as a fuel extender or substitute. The term includes products sold as upper cylinder lubricants | |
REV10 | Import | Item | I/We declare that the goods are unfit for human consumption because of the presence of the constituent(s) named in the proportion stated in box 44 | Enter the relevant details |
REV11 | Import | Item | I/We declare that the goods are unfit for human consumption because of the presence of the constituent(s) named in the proportion stated on the attached certificate | |
REV13 | Import | Item | Wine to be warehoused in the containers, account to be taken at import station | |
REV14 | Import | Item | I/We request that the particulars given on the attached certificate (Republic of Ireland form C&E75) be accepted for the purpose of the import account |
26. Reason for security (RFS) statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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RFSnn | Import | Item | To declare a Reason For Security, enter ‘RFS’ followed by the relevant code below: • 1M Provisional value • 2M Tariff classification to be determined • 3M Release before completion of landing account • 4M Goods for official test • 5M Specific directions given • 6M Security required for clearance request • 7M CT document subject to verification • 1N Full value secured for IPR goods • 2N Exemption is claimed from levy but evidence is incomplete or unsatisfactory |
27. Inward/outward processing relief/processing under customs control - rate of yield statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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ROY01 | Both | Item | Rate of yield | Insert either ROY01 if the rate of yield is 1:1 or ROY02 if the rate of yield is to be established from processing records |
ROY02 | Both | Item | Rate of yield | Insert either ROY01 if the rate of yield is 1:1 or ROY02 if the rate of yield is to be established from processing records |
28. RPA statement and trader identifier for electronic licences
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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RPTID | Both | Header | The RPA Registration Number (currently 6 characters) as used to identify the trader permitted to use a CAP licence | RPA Registration Number |
RPTID | Both | Header | An Issuing Authority unique trader reference (optionally supplied) identifying a trader who is authorised to use an electronic licence | Issuing Authority unique trader |
29. Supervising office statement
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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SPOFF | Both | Both | The Customs Supervising Office, for example, of a warehouse or IPR trader This AI code is only to be used for identifying the data on a paper SAD CHIEF data is submitted in specific EDI data elements or screen fields (see 4A.2 and 4B.2 box 44) |
Enter the full name and address of the office |
30. Single transport contract (STC)
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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STC99 | Export | Header | STC must be claimed at the point the export declaration is input to CHIEF by the exporter/declarant by inputting Additional Information (AI) code ‘STC99’ into box 44 | Leave box 29 (office of Exit) empty and Insert AI code STC 99 into box 44 of the export declaration |
31. Transit principal statement
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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TRANS | Export | Header | This AI should be used when goods have been given ‘Permission to Progress’ but the goods must remain under Customs control on one of the transit procedures, they must subsequently be declared to the New Computerised Transit System | Leave box 29 empty and Insert AI code TRANS into box 44 of the export declaration |
TRPRN | Import | Header | Goods moving under CFSP Local Clearance Procedure - the consignee isn’t the transit principal | Enter the full name and address of the principal. If the declarant is the principal then enter: Transit principal is Declarant |
TOR01 | Import | Item | Household effects and personal property belonging to a natural person transferring their normal place of residence to the UK. | Enter the Transfer of Residence (TOR01) authorisation reference number provided by Salford Customs 1. (Please use the numbers only) |
32. VAT statements
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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VAT01 | Import | Item | Relief claimed under paragraph 40 of Notice 702 form VAT 977 Undertaking attached | |
VAT02 | Import | Item | I declare that I am not registered for VAT purposes and that the goods to the attached entry are eligible for reimportation without payment of VAT, in accordance with the VAT regulations described in paragraph 47 of the Notice 702 | |
VAT03 | Import | Item | The goods entered for the importers/consignees whose VAT registration numbers are shown on the attached invoices | |
VAT04 | Import | Item | The goods are chargeable with VAT at a positive rate. The tax will be either paid outright or accounted for under the single duty deferment number quoted hereon and each consignee described on the attached forms C517 (and C517 continued if necessary) will be charged his/her proportion of the tax as shown on the forms | |
VAT05 | Import | Item | General undertaking dated… lodged with local excise officer | Enter the date of the General undertaking |
VAT06 | Both | Item | State the expected place and date of onward consignment and, where known, identity of the exporting ship/aircraft/road vehicle/rail wagon | Enter the expected place and date of onward consignment |
VAT07 | Both | Item | Enter the name, address and VAT registration number of the consignee in the member state of destination | Enter the appropriate name, address and VAT registration number |
33. Preference statement
Code | Import/Export | Level at which the code can be used | Description | Text |
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WHSRP | Import | Item | Goods being entered for customs warehousing/to a free zone and a preference claim will be made on removal from the customs warehouse/free zone | The type of preference, which will be claimed on removal from warehouse/free zone, is to be stated |