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Customs CDS Volume 3 Tariff, Step-By-Step Guide

CDSSG04370 - Navigating the Tariff, Step 3 - Finding further guidance on Procedure Codes

Once you have picked your Procedure Code, open the specific guidance document for that Procedure Code which will detail any bespoke declaration completion instructions for that code.

There is a separate document for each Procedure Code series.

The document provides specific guidance on each Procedure Code within the series, the terms and conditions for its use and how certain data elements need to be completed.

Requested Procedure

Description

01

Onward dispatch (OSD)

07

Excise warehouse

40

Release to free circulation

42

Onward supply relief (OSR)

44

End use

51

Inward processing (IP)

53

Temporary admission (TA)

61

Re-importation of goods

71

Customs Warehousing (CW)

78

Freeports

10

Permanent Export or Dispatch

11

Inward Processing Prior Export Equivalence

21

Temporary Export under Outward Processing

22

Temporary Export or Dispatch under Outward Processing if not covered by Procedure 21.

23

Temporary Export for return of goods in the unaltered state (Returned Goods Relief)

31

31 Series Procedure Codes: Re-export or Dispatch of non-Union goods following a Special Procedure

000

Customs Clearance Requests (CCR)

001

Customs Clearance Requests (CCR)

009

Final Supplementary Declaration (FSD) Reports

More information:

Detailed guidance on:

  • Selecting the correct Procedure Code,
  • Identifying its compatibility with the chosen Commodity Code and Declaration Category and
  • Understanding how it affects the completion of the customs declaration or Customs Clearance Request (CCR)

may be found in Step 4 (section CDSSG09000) and Step 8 (section CDSSG13000) of the Step-By-Step Guide.