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Due to scheduled maintenance, you will be unable to access our Customs Declaration Service (CDS) service from 11:55pm on Monday 31 July 2023 to 1:05am Tuesday 1 August 2023.
| CDS Change | Declaration Completion Instructions |
|---|---|
| Withdrawal of Alcohol Excise Duty Tax Type Codes in the 400-series and associated National Additional Codes in the X400 series (Data Elements 4/3 and 6/17) | Existing excise duty tax types and National Additional Codes for alcoholic goods in the 400-series/X400 series will be withdrawn on the 1st August 2023. |
| This includes all tax types from X407-X487 | |
| Supplementary declarations covering goods released to free circulation up to and including 31st July 2023 should continue to use the 400/X400-series codes. | |
| Introduction of Alcohol Excise Duty Codes in the 300-series and associated National Additional Codes in the X300 series (Data Elements 4/3 and 6/17) | From the 1st August 2023 new excise duty tax type codes and National Additional Codes will be introduced to replace the 400-series and X400 series codes. These will be replaced by new excise duty tax types in the 300-series and associated National Additional Codes in the X300 series. |
| The new codes below will be listed in the Integrated Online Tariff and Appendix 8 from the 1st August 2023. | |
| New measurement type codes SPR (Small Producer Relief) and EAS (Wine Easement) added for use in DE 4/4 | Where SPR is claimed (Tax Types X361-X380) this should always be declared as a positive value. |
| EAS should be declared for imports of wine with an alcoholic strength between 11.5% and 14.5%. See Import Declaration Completion Instructions for DE 4/4 for further details | |
| There may be changes to the Supplementary Units and Tax Base requirements for some commodity codes | Check requirements for the commodity code in the UK Integrated Online Tariff on or after 1st August 2023 |
The new codes can be found at the following links:
Appendix 8 - Tax types: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-types-for-data-element43-of-the-customs-declaration-service
Appendix 19 – National Additional Codes: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationaladditional-codes-to-declare-with-data-element-617-of-the-customs-declaration-service
What will be affected?
Declarations submitted during this timeframe will be processed at the end of the downtime.
Creating, updating, or embarking a goods movement reference (GMR) that are linked to CDS could be affected during the times listed. For guidance on GVMS please refer to the GVMS service availability and issues page.
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