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Find out the codes to be used to provide additional information in Data Element (DE) 2/2 of the customs declaration or clearance request (Appendix 4).
Find the notes for all Declaration Category Data Set tables covered by Appendix 21-25 of the CDS Declaration and Customs Clearance Request Instructions.
This guide provides detailed completion instructions for data elements when making a written export declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
Find out how and when to make a delayed supplementary declaration if you’re using simplified declarations to bring goods into Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).
Find the measurement unit codes for Data Elements 2/3 and 4/4 when making a declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 20).
Find the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared such as licences and certificates (Appendix 5A).
Find codes for the additions or deductions to the item price or amount being declared in the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 10).
Find out the completion rules instructions for each 3-digit Union and National Additional Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/11 for Imports.
This Appendix contains the specific completion rules instructions for each 3-digit Export Additional Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element 1/11 for Customs Clearance Requests (CCR).
Find codes for the preferential origin status of goods (Appendix 12).
This guide provides detailed completion instructions for data elements when making an import declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
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