CDSSG06030 - Step-By-Step Guide, Step 1 - CDS Declaration Category and Data Set: Type of Declaration being made

Once you have selected the appropriate Type of Movement, please see section CDSSG06020, you can then identify the Declarations Categories available for the type of declaration being made.

The Navigation Guide’s step 1 will inform you of the Appendix to be used when selecting the Declaration Category for that Type of Movement.  Please see sections CDSSG04120 and CDSSG06020.

  • Step 1: Begin with the relevant Declaration Category data set table in Appendices 21 - 24 for the type of declaration being made.

The Appendix for that Type of Movement will list the Declaration Categories that you can choose from. To find the index list of Declaration Categories that you can choose from for each Type of Movement, select the first link in the corresponding Appendix.

Declaration Category Data Sets can be found for the specific Movement Type in:

You will then need to identify from that index list which Declaration Categories fit the Type of Declaration you are making:

Type of Movement

Type of Declaration

Declaration Categories Available

Import

Standard Declaration

H1 – H5
Import Super Reduced Data Set (SRDS) H7

Import

Simplified Declarations (regular use)*

I1 C&F

Import

Supplementary Declaration

H1 – H5

Import

Simplified Declarations (occasional basis)

I1 B&E

Export

(Re)export declarations where no EXS is required

B1, B2, B4, C1 C&F, C1 B&E

Export

Combined (re)export and EXS declarations

B1, B2, B4, C1 C&F, C1 B&E

Export

Standard Declaration

B1, B2, B4

Export

Simplified declarations (regular use)

C1 C&F

Export

Supplementary Declaration

B1, B2, B4

Export

Simplified declarations (occasional basis)

C1 B&E

Customs Clearance Request (Inventory Imports and Exports)

Inventory releases for:  transhipments; goods declared using an oral declaration or declaration by any other act; goods moving under a Carnet; goods moving under transit; goods moving under temporary storage; goods requiring an EXS declaration only (i.e., goods not requiring a combined EXS/export declaration); removals from a free zone where a written customs declaration is not required

C21i, C21e

Customs Clearance Request (Inventory Imports and Exports)

Inventory releases for:  goods moving under EIDR (Movements within the UK only)

C21i EIDR NOP, C21e EIDR NOP

Customs Clearance Request (Inventory Imports and Exports)

Inventory releases for:  goods moving under EIDR (Movements between the UK and an EU Member State)

C21i, C21e
Final Supplementary Declaration  Final Supplementary Declaration (FSD) FSD

*Import Simplified Declarations (Regular Use):  Certain procedure codes may stipulate that an H1 must be used instead.  This should be checked within the Completion Notes in Appendix 1 for the specific Procedure Code being used. For example, Procedure Code 0751 stipulates:

*Please note:  Where a C* simplified declaration is made, the H1 data set (as specified in Appendix 21A: Declaration Category Data Sets H1) must be used and the supplementary declaration is waived.