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HMRC Staged Customs Controls rules
November 27, 2021, admin

HMRC Staged Customs Controls rules update: No delay on making import customs declarations from Jan 2022

From 1 January 2022, you will no longer be able to delay making import customs declarations under the Staged Customs Controls rules that have applied during 2021. Most customers will have to make declarations and pay relevant tariffs at the point of
import.

Before 1 January 2022, you should consider how you are going to submit your customs declarations. You can appoint an intermediary, such as a customs agent, to deal with your declarations on your behalf or you can submit them yourself.

Customs-Declarations.UK’s intuitive and easy to use platform makes it easy for you to submit your customs declarations. Please get in touch with us here to get started.

Some businesses already have a ‘Simplified Declarations’ authorisation from HMRC that allows their goods to be released directly to a specified customs procedure without having to provide a full customs declaration at the point of release.

  • If you want to use Simplified Declarations, you’ll need the authorisation to do so. It can take up to 60 calendar days to complete the checks needed for this and therefore a new application made now may not be authorised before 1 January 2022. To find out more, go to GOV.UK and search ‘simplified declarations’.

  • You must use the correct country code for the country of origin and the country of dispatch when you complete your customs declaration. For EU countries, the individual country code of the relevant member state should be used. The EU country code must not be used and will be removed from systems shortly.

Rules of Origin

From 1 January 2022, if you sell goods to the EU, or buy goods from the EU and bring them into the UK, you will need to be able to prove that they meet the rules of origin in order to use preferential tariffs.

To benefit from the preferential tariffs, you must have proof that:

  • goods you import into the UK from the EU originate there

  • goods you export to the EU originate in the UK

If you cannot prove the origin of your product, you or your EU customer will be liable to pay the full rate of customs duty and could face penalties. If you cannot prove your product’s origin, you cannot take advantage of the zero-tariff trade agreement with the EU.

 

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